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Library Services and Fee Schedule

Library Services and Fee Schedule

Facilities: Lecture hall

  • 1 day ISK 75,000
  • 1/2 day ISK 45,000
  • 1 evening ISK 35,000

Facilities: Classroom

  • 1 hour ISK 6,000

Facilities: Reading room

  • 1 month ISK 15,000 | 12,000

    winter / summer

  • 1 month with a computer ISK 18,000 | 15,000

    winter / summer

Facilities: Storage lockers

  • Return fee ISK 5,000

Acceptance of larger collections

Collection inspection and assessment - cataloging and labeling - disposal

  • Basic fee (2 hours) ISK 15,000
  • Part-time work ISK 12,500
  • Difficult material, extra charge ISK 2,000
  • Disposal According to the Sorpa tariff

Other services

General specialist work

  • Part-time work ISK 12,500

Copy from the web archive (vefsafn.is)

  • Basic fee ISK 15,000
  • Part-time work ISK 12,500

Source search for a fee

  • Basic fee (2 hours) ISK 15,000
  • Part-time work ISK 12,500

Bibliographic cataloging

  • Every publication ISK 3,800

Loan: Library card

  • Annual fee ISK 3,000

Late payments & daily fines

  • Regular book ISK 70
  • Audio-visual collection ISK 650
  • Course reserve ISK 650
  • A publication that is not returned and is subject to collection ISK 10,000

    Minimum fee

  • Publications that are damaged or lost ISK 10,000

    Minimum fee

Loans: Interlibrary loans

  • A book from the Nordic countries* ISK 3,800
  • Book from a library outside the Nordic countries* ISK 5,300
  • Book from an Icelandic library* ISK 2,300
  • Photocopy of article pages 1-20* ISK 3,300
  • Photocopy of article >21 pages* ISK 5,000
  • The borrower also pays ISK 10,000

    Minimum - postage costs / Lost publications

Photocopying and printing

Photocopying cards sold at the counter

Printing from a computer

  • A4 ISK 60
  • A4 both sides ISK 90

Photocopying from manuscripts and writings of the Icelandic National Collection

  • Each photocopy ISK 150

Digital images

  • Each picture ISK 12,500

Digital reproduction and publication on the web

  • On timarit.is - every page. ISK 100
  • On bækur.is - every page. ISK 100

*Students and staff of the University of Iceland receive a 50% discount on this service.
**Library cards for University of Iceland staff and students are free of charge.