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The Polar Libraries Colloquy

Library and Information Sciences in Arctic and Northern Studies 978-3-031-54714-0, 978-3-031-54715-7, Pages 9-23

Editors: Spencer Acadia

Series: Springer Polar Sciences ISSN 2510-0475, 2510-0483, 2510-0475, 2510-0483, Pages 9-23

Publisher: Springer Nature

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-54715-7_2

Contributors

Campbell, Sandra Melody 0000-0002-9347-3880 (Corresponding author) [1] Møldrup, Cecilie Tang [2] Parikka, Susanna [3]

Affiliations

  1. [1] University of Alberta
    2. [NORA names: Canada; America, North; OECD];
  2. [2] University of Copenhagen
    3. [NORA names: KU University of Copenhagen; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  3. [3] University of Lapland
    4. [NORA names: Finland; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD]

Abstract

The Polar Libraries Colloquy (PLC) is a voluntary professional membership organization for archivists, librarians, and others with an interest in Arctic and Antarctic collections and information. The PLC first met in 1971 and over its 50 years there has been, and is now, much large-scale global change, especially in the world of information. Even though the PLC is a small and geographically dispersed organization, it has successfully existed for half a century and remains a vibrant and active community. This chapter presents a brief history of the PLC along with discussion of the PLC’s goals and successes. The chapter also describes the PLC’s operations and activities, and, based on a 2020–2021 PLC member survey, suggests where the organization may be headed in the future.

Keywords

Antarctic collection, Arctic, active community, activity, archivists, brief history, century, changes, collection, colloquy, community, discussion, dispersing organisms, future, geographically, geographically dispersed organizations, global change, goal, history, information, librarians, member survey, membership organizations, operation, organization, polarization, professional membership organization, success, survey, world, world of information, years

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