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On October 5, a ban on gatherings of more than 20 people will be set in Iceland. Due to the ban the National and University Library of Iceland will be closed from Monday October 5, 2020. Information about the library services during the assembly ban, will be available on the library website tomorrow.

Háma is a new operator at the Library café. Háma is run by Student Services (Félagsstofnun stúdenta) and is located in many buildings on the UI campus. Háma offers a selection of food and beverages for students and other library guests. A valid University of Iceland student ID provides discount. Opening hours: Monday to Friday…

JAÐARLÖND | BORDERLANDS is an exhibition organized by ARKIR Book Arts Group in cooperation with the Reykjavík Art Festival. The exhibition will be open from Friday August 21 2020 in the National and Univesity Library of Iceland. The exhibition runs until Sunday September 20. Events related to the exhibition will be announced in more detail…

The National Theatre of Iceland and the National and University Library of Iceland have formed a partnership in order to preserve invaluable recordings of plays – from the opening of the National Theatre in 1950 to present day – and to make them available in digital form. For this purpose the National Theatre has delivered…

The May Star Poetry Award was presented in the National and University Library of Iceland on Wednesday May 27, 2020. The Writers’ Union of Iceland in conjunction with the National and University Library of Iceland stands for the awards. Jónas Reynir Gunnarsson was awarded The May Star Poetry Award 2019 for his book Þvottadagur. The…

The National and University Library of Iceland participates in the Government’s initiative to offer all students who are between semesters and who are 18 years old or older, a temporary job in the summer of 2020. The library has seven jobs available. It is estimated that those who will be hired will start work as…

The Library will open at 13 on Wednesday May 27, due to no cold water in the building from 9-13. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

On May 18, on the International Museum Day, the National Museum of Iceland received the Icelandic Museum Prize for the new Preservation and Research Center in Kopavogur, together with the Handbook on Preservation of Collections. The Icelandic Department of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and the Icelandic Museums Association (FÍSOS) are caretakers of the…

In summer 2019 an agreement was signed to buy an information system for research in Iceland (a Current Research Information System, CRIS). The system is Pure, from the company Elsevier, and it is used around the world. Preparations for introducing it at the universities and the main research institutions in Iceland are in full swing.…

A new website for the Theatre Museum of Iceland – leikminjasafn.is – has been launched. The site includes a database, of theatrical performances and artists. Most of the content from the older website has been transferred to the new site and information will gradually be added about the collection. The Theatre Museum’s archives are now…

The Library will open at 10 on Thursday May 14, due to a staff meeting. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause.

The National and University Library of Iceland in conjuction with the Writers’ Union of Iceland, will present the May Star Poetry Award, for the fourth time this May. The May Star, or Maístjarnan, is the only Icelandic prize awarded to a published book of poetry. All books of poetry from the previous calendar year can…