News
2018
National Library of Iceland stamp
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the National and University Library of Iceland, the Iceland Post issued a National Library...
2018
Summer school in manuscript studies August 1st-10th 2018
The Summer school in manuscript studies is a collaboration between the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, the...
2018
Book presentation of Sigrún Júlíusdóttir
Sigrún Júlíusdóttir, former professor at the University of Iceland and chairman of the Board of the Research Center for...
2018
Conference of European National Librarians 4th and 5th of June 2018
32. Conference of European National Librarians took place in Reykjavík Iceland 4th and 5th of June 2018, and in addition the group...
2018
Summer opening hours from May 11th
Opening hours from May 11th to August 26th Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday 10...
2018
Exhibition on Edda II by Jóns Leifs
On March 14th, an exhibition was opened at the National Library in collaboration with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra on the...
2018
Open Access information web
The National and University Library of Iceland has launched an information web about Open Access (OA). It´s supposed to be a...
2018
Signature of OA2020 Expression of Interest
On November 9th 2017 The National and University Library of Iceland signed the Expression of Interest in the Large-scale...
2017
Britannica ImageQuest trial access
Iceland Consortium ( hvar.is ) offers trial access to Britannica ImageQuest database from Encyclopædia Britannica . Access is...
2017
New link on the library web: Contact
Contact is a new link (at the Menu bar) on the library web. On the site users find: Web chat to chat online to...
2017
Open Access Week - events
10th Annual International Open Access Week, October 23-29, 2017. This year’s theme of “Open in Order to…” is meant to move the...
2017
Exhibition and torch processsion in honor of poet Benedikt Gröndal
On Friday, 6 October, on the birthday of poet Benedikt Gröndal, an exhibition was opened about him in the library in...
2017
Guidance in the Culture House
On Sunday September 24th at 2:00pm, Gunnar Marel Hinriksson from the National and University Library of Iceland will guide visitors...
2017
Agreement on the delivery of posters from Bad Taste
On September 7th, Ásmundur Jónsson, on behalf of Bad Taste Ltd, handed over to The National Library, for possession and...
2017
Winter opening hours starts Monday August 28th
Winter opening hours: Monday - Thursday 8:15 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Friday 8:15 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00...
2017
The activities and collections of the Icelandic Music Museum transferred to the National Museum of Iceland and the National and University Library of Iceland
The activities carried out by the Icelandic Music Museum in Kópavogur and its collection will be transferred...
2017
Exhibition about composer Sigvaldi Kaldalóns opened
An exhibition about composer Sigvaldi Kaldalóns was opened at the National Library 24 May. The exhibition is in...
2017
Sigurður Pálsson received the May Star Prize
The National and University Library of Iceland and The Writers´ Union of Iceland have established a new prize...
2017
Maístjarnan (May Star) - a new poetry book prize
The National and University Library of Iceland and the Writers' Union of Iceland have established a new poetry book...
2017
2017 IFLA International News Media Confrence
Conference in National and University Library of Iceland April 27-28, 2017 The National and University Library of Iceland...