25th Polar Libraries Colloquy

Connecting Communities: Collaborating, Creating and Communicating

The 25th Polar Libraries Colloquy will be held in Cambridge, UK, co-hosted by the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The Colloquy will feature a number of interesting keynote speakers, presentations and panels, and field trips to collections of interest in Cambridge and London.

The conference theme is "Connecting Communities: Collaborating, Creating and Communicating." Questions that will be addressed are:

• How do we connect with our audiences and with each other?
• Do we make the best use of available technologies to promote polar resources?
• How are polar collections put to creative uses, beyond standard research?
• How do we open up our collections to non-polar researchers and other interest groups?
• How can we work with non-polar libraries that have common interests and overlaps with our own collections?

Information on registration can be found at: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/25th-polar-libraries-colloquy-tickets-105….

Tickets will be £120 for full membership, which includes:

• The four days of the Colloquy in Cambridge
• A day trip to visit institutions in London on 4 July
• Travel within Cambridge
• Membership of the Polar Library Colloquy itself (2014-16)