Today, 8 September, is Library Day and also International Literacy Day. To mark the day, books are being given away and there is a programme in the lecture hall. The theme of Library Day is “Reading is best, to the ends of the universe and beyond.”
The National and University Library of Iceland’s programme today:
08:15 Our famous giveaway table, with a wide range of material.
11:20 Screening of the film Star Wars: A New Hope (Episode IV). (about 2 hours)
13:30–14:40 Sævar Helgi from Stjörnuskoðunarfélagið (the astronomy society) will give a talk, and then the staff will have some fun.
15:00–16:00 Documentary films on the National and University Library of Iceland and the history of the building of Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3.
