The Polar Libraries Colloquy is an international organization of librarians and others concerned with the collection, preservation, and dissemination of information dealing with the Arctic and Antarctic regions. This organization grew out of the Northern Libraries Colloquy, which first met in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in June, 1971. The Colloquy meets biennially, by tradition alternating between Europe and North America.
PLC is a member of the University of the Arctic.
Meetings
1st Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 16 - 17, 1971, Edmonton, Canada
2nd Northern Libraries Colloquy, May 21 - June 2, 1972, Hanover, U.S.A
3rd Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 25 - 29, 1973, Cambridge, England
4th Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 2 - 6, 1974, Montreal, Canada
5th Northern Libraries Colloquy, May 26 - 30, 1975, Rovaniemi, Finland
6th Northern Libraries Colloquy, July 12 - 15, 1976, Fairbanks, U.S.A.
7th Northern Libraries Colloquy, September 19 - 23, 1978, Paris, France
8th Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 1 - 6, 1980, Edmonton and Whitehorse, Canada
9th Northern Libraries Colloquy, 1982, Tromsø, Norway
10th Northern Libraries Colloquy, August 12 - 16, 1984, St. John's, Canada
11th Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 9 - 12, 1986, Luleå, Sweden
12th Northern Libraries Colloquy, June 5 - 9, 1988, Boulder, U.S.A
13th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 10 - 14, 1990, Rovaniemi, Finland
14th Polar Libraries Colloquy, May 3 - 7, 1992, Columbus, U.S.A.
15th Polar Libraries Colloquy, July 3 - 8, 1994, Cambridge, England
16th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 17 - 22, 1996, Anchorage, U.S.A.
17th Polar Libraries Colloquy, September 20 - 25, 1998, Reykjavik, Iceland
18th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 12 - 17, 2000, Winnipeg, Canada
19th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 17 - 21, 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark
20th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 7 - 11, 2004, Ottawa, Canada
21st Polar Libraries Colloquy, May 8 - 12, 2006, Rome, Italy
22nd Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 2 - 6, 2008, Edmonton, Canada
23rd Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 13-18, 2010, Bremerhaven, Germany
24th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 11-14, 2012, Boulder, U.S.A.
25th Polar Libraries Colloquy, June 29 - July 3, 2014 Cambridge, UK
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