Starting today, July 28, the National Library of Iceland – University Library will publish selected headlines from Icelandic newspapers from a century ago on the website Tímarit.is , the library's Twitter page and the Facebook page Tímarit.is with the hashtag #FyrirÖld . The idea is to draw attention to how important a mirror of the century Icelandic newspapers are. The headlines refer to both big news stories and everyday events that the newspapers report on at any given time.

Today marks one hundred years since the start of the First World War. The National Library of Iceland – University Library will therefore look back a century, to the year 1914, which was an exceptionally eventful year, and for example, the Icelandic Shipbuilding Society was founded that year. Following the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie on 28 June 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on 28 July, marking the beginning of World War I. Headlines from the newspapers will be highlighted to commemorate the events of 1914. Selected headlines from Tímarit.is from #FyrirÖld will be posted on the museum's Twitter and Facebook pages in the coming weeks, as well as appearing on the front page of Tímarit.is. The Tímarit.is website has now added the option to display links to other newspapers published on the same day to compare news from different newspapers.

The website Tímarit.is contains digital reproductions of Icelandic newspapers and magazines from the earliest times to the present day. The website has proven to be a significant contribution to contemporary Icelandic discourse and has greatly facilitated research into Icelandic society in later centuries. Tímarit.is is by far the most popular website that the National Library of Iceland – University Library has maintained since its inception, with around three thousand views per day on average.