The 30th Polar Libraries Colloquy will take pace June 7-13, 2026 and will be hosted at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center on the Columbus Campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio.
The theme will be Polar Regions: Past, Present, and Future. The call for presenters will open in July 2025. The schedule will be posted and registration will open in January 2026.
Major Theme
Polar Regions: Past, Present, and Future
Minor Themes
Indigenous communities of Arctic North America
Earth’s poles in works of arts, humanities, and media
Polar archives and library information matters
Polar research data management and open access publishing
One Health: People, Animal, and Environmental Health in Polar Regions
Public engagement with polar libraries and archives
Navigating mis and dis-information
Polar politics and history
Role of AI
Please send inquiries to Laura Kissel, Polar Archivist: kissel.4 [at] osu.edu