The Library receives legal deposit copies of sound recordings. A sound recording means any medium that holds recordings of speech or music, such as audio files, records, cassettes, CDs and audiobooks. This material is preserved in the Library’s Audio-visual Collection , the Library’s digital repository.
Depositing music
If material is published in a physical format, such as records, CDs or cassettes, three copies must be delivered. You can post them or hand them in at the Library’s service desk, marked for the Audio-visual Collection.
If material is published in digital form, a copy of its files is delivered, or the Library is given access to copy them from online services.
The duty to deposit rests with the publisher.
Send all questions about digital deposit of music to hljodogmyndsafn (at) landsbokasafn.is.
Depositing audiobooks
If an audiobook is published on CD or in another physical format, three copies of the book must be delivered. You can post them or hand them in at the Library’s service desk, marked for the Audio-visual Collection.
The material should preferably come with a deposit list, a simple form giving the publisher, the titles and the number of copies delivered. Here you can find a deposit list to fill in and print.
You can also get a legal deposit form at the Library’s service desk and fill it in there.
If an audiobook is published in digital form, a copy of its files is delivered through the Library’s electronic deposit box or the Library is given access to copy it from online services.
If there are many files and/or files larger than 500 MB, the material can be delivered in other ways, such as through a cloud service like WeTransfer or Dropbox.
The duty to deposit rests with the publisher.
Send all questions about digital deposit of audiobooks to skylduskil (at) landsbokasafn.is.
Depositing films
The National Film Archive of Iceland receives legal deposit copies of films.