(JKPL) — Registration is open for the 31st Annual Pacific Island Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums or PIALA Conference titled “Strengthening Connections in the Pacific” which will be held on Dec. 4-7, 2022 in-person on Saipan.
The conference will be hosted by the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, the Northern Marianas Library Association, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services in collaboration with the CNMI Public School System and will be held at the Crowne Plaza Resort Saipan.
The organizers are expecting about 100 attendees from across the Pacific — the CNMI, Guam, Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, and Pohnpei), New Zealand, American Samoa and the U.S. mainland.
To register for the conference, visit the PIALA website and fill out the online registration form: https://piala-pacific.wixsite.com/piala-pacific/.
For more information on call for papers, email saipan.nmla2022@gmail.com/.
The 31st Annual PIALA Conference aims to be educational, inspirational and entertaining.
Take advantage of this important opportunity to connect, strengthen, and engage with librarians, archivists, educators, and museum colleagues through educational discussions and presentations through resource sharing and collaboration.
The 31st Annual PIALA Conference will offer eleven presentations and a digital poster session.
The general conference fee is $75 and includes a museum, library, and archive tour, closing dinner and entertainment. The pre-conference fee is $125 and includes an island historic site tour, welcoming dinner, and entertainment.
Interested in sponsoring the 31st Annual PIALA Conference? Your consideration of an in-kind contribution or named sponsorship is welcome. Contact the Northern Marianas Library Association at saipan.nmla2022@gmail.com for more details on how you can help.
The Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums is a Pacific regional association established in 1991 and formed to address the needs of Pacific librarians, archivists, museum staff and other information professionals, with a special geographic focus on Micronesia.
PIALA’s current president is JKPL Director Erlinda C. Naputi.
