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News - 21.09.2011
The Icelandic parliament has passed new laws on the National and University Library of Iceland to take effect immediately. The older law nr. 71/1994 is revoked.
The law has
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News - 06.07.2011
The Icelandic National Bibliography has been updated for the period 1999-2010. It is accessible under the library´s logo in the upper left corner on its homepage.
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News - 06.06.2011
will be open on the University network to July 2nd. Early Europen Books traces the history of printing in Europe from its origins through to the close of the seventeenth century,
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News - 28.04.2011
will be open on national basis to the end of June. On EBSCOhost web site click on the tab „New Features“ on the upper right corner and then on „Preview the new look
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News - 25.03.2011
Users on the University of Iceland Network have a trial access until 29 April 2011 to 565 e-books from Palgrave Connect Collection:
History Collection 2008
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News - 11.03.2011
A trial access to the database Women and Social Movements, International 1840- will be open to users on the University network until April 8th
This is an online
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News - 02.12.2010
Yesterday a new website, baekur.is , opened at the library. On this website users can view digitised versions of old Icelandic books. The collection currently has 50 titles,
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News - 30.11.2010
Electronic access to the Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages is now open on the University network. The four-volume printed version is also available in the library reference
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News - 28.11.2010
The Ministry of culture, education and research has recently commissioned a new board of directors for the National Library of Iceland for the next four years. Its members are:
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News - 31.08.2010
In September the library organises four 15-minute tours of the library with a librarian, starting in the hall on the 2nd (main) floor.
The schedule is as follows:
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News - 14.05.2010
A philosopher in the form of a sculpture by the artist Aðalheiður S. Eysteinsdóttir has moved into the National and University Library. The artist was inspired by Þorsteinn
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News - 21.04.2010
Today on the last day of winter a new website, handrit.is , was formally opened by the Icelandic Minister of Education and Culture, Katrín Jakobsdóttir. The website is a joint
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News - 21.04.2010
As is usual the library will extend its opening hours during exams this spring. This means that the library will be open from 8:15am to 10pm Monday through Friday and from 10am to
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News - 21.04.2010
The library has acquired licenses for 34 scientific books and textbooks from the provider MyiLibrary. The books can be read using computers on the University Network.
Among
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News - 08.03.2010
The library has acquired evaluation access to the database Der literarische Expressionismus Online for all computers on the University of Iceland net until April 6. This is a
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