The National and University Library of Iceland receives the Icelandic Language Council’s award for the websites Tímarit.is and Bækur.is
At a language conference held by the Icelandic Language Council on Tuesday 15 November 2016, under the title Tungan og netið (Language and the Internet), the council presented its awards, and the Library received one for the websites Tímarit.is and Bækur.is. Kristinn Sigurðsson, head of IT, and Örn Hrafnkelsson, Director of Preservation and Digitisation, accepted the award on behalf of the Library. The Árni Magnússon Institute received an award for the dictionary project ISLEX. Þórdís Úlfarsdóttir, editor-in-chief, and Halldóra Jónsdóttir, project manager and editor, accepted the award.
The award winners with Guðrún Kvaran, chair of the Icelandic Language Council.