APLAP online conference 2021
APLAP (Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific) is an organization for Parliamentary Libraries and Parliamentary Research and Information Services in the Asia Pacific region. National and State or Provincial legislatures from almost 40 countries.
The 13th APLAP conference, held online, was hosted by the Congress of Philippines from the 15 to 27 June 2021. The theme of the conference was “Enhancing the responsiveness and relevance of parliamentary library and research services during times of crisis”.
Currently there are 59 members in APLAP. The first Biennial conference was held in 1990. The 13th conference program had a varied set of content including keynote addresses, guest speakers and country reports by member institutions.
More than 400 participants were online for the conference.