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The museum's 2012 annual report has been posted on the website, along with an excerpt in English. The report is in a similar format to previous ones, but… Read More » 2012 Annual Report

Landskerfi bokafókna hf. (LB) and Rekstrarfélag Sarps (RS) have concluded a service agreement that is valid for two years from… Read More » Service agreement for Sarps

Philippine Ambassador to the Nordic Countries Bayani S. Mercado visited on June 21, along with Philippine Consul Maria Priscilla Zanoria.… Read More » Book donation from the Philippines

Yesterday marked one hundred and thirty years since the birth of Páll Eggert Ólason, who shapes our view of the past… Read More » 130 years since the birth of Páll Eggert Ólason

This morning, the 10,000th document was registered in the University of Iceland collection in Skemmun. The final theses of students at the university have been registered in… Read More » The 10,000th document

The National Library of Iceland – University Library recently became a member of a European project entitled “Europeana – Newspapers”. The purpose of the project is to collect… Read More » Europeana Newspapers

Bjarni M. Gíslason (1908–1980) was born at Stekkjarbakki in Tálknafjörður, where he was at sea from the time he was commissioned until he was in his early twenties.… Read More » On the occasion of Fisherman's Day

The National and University Library of Iceland has implemented an international numbering system for sheet music and sheet music-related publications, ISMN, International Standard Music Number. The ISMN system… Read More » International Sheet Music Numbering System – ISMN

The Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is holding a symposium entitled On the Natural Sciences in the Past in the National Library, Lecture Hall on the 2nd floor,… Read More » On the Natural Sciences in the Past