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This summer the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture purchased the PURE research system which is intended to be the Current Research Information System (CRIS) for research work in Iceland. Representatives from all universities in Iceland, Landspitali – The National University Hospital of Iceland, the National and University Library of Iceland and several research institutes…

This morning, December 5, Arnheidur Steinthorsdottir, graduate student in history delivered a presentation on her Bachelor’s thesis “When women took over the radio”. In addition to Arnheidur’s presentation, Anna Drofn Agustsdottir Programme Director for Theory at the Department of Design and Architecture at IUA and Lóa Auðunsdóttir Assistant Professor in Visual Communication at the same…

Today, 1 December, it is 25 years since Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, was opened. In an interview with Morgunpósturinn on 14 November 1994, National Librarian Einar Sigurðsson said, among other things: “Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn [the National and University Library of Iceland], as the new library is to be called, will be…

The 24th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometric and Research Policy 2019 will be held 27th-29th of November in Veröld – House of Vigdís. The goal of the Workshop is to promote new, Nordic research in the field. For more information, check the website http://nwb2019.hi.is. The workshop is organized by the University of Iceland, The Icelandic Centre…

The National and University Library of Iceland takes part in a survey of Icelanders’ attitudes to reading books, to libraries and more. The results show that reading is increasing from year to year and that listening to audiobooks is rising considerably. The most prolific readers are women and families with children. Just over 60% read only…

On Jónas Hallgrímsson’s birthday, 16 November, Icelandic Language Day (in Icelandic) is celebrated. Jónas Hallgrímsson is best known for his poetry, his work in natural science and, not least, the new words he coined. In 1842 the book Stjörnufræði, létt og handa alþýðu (Astronomy, Easy and for the Common People) was published: Jónas Hallgrímsson’s translation…

China’s ambassador, Jin Zhijian, visited to the museum on Tuesday 12 November for a meeting with the National Librarian. On that occasion, he presented the museum with a magnificent book containing photos from 1949 until 2019,  published in conjunction with the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.

Saturday November 2 at 13-17: 30 the Women’s History Archives at the National and University Library of Iceland will have a micro-exhibition at the Gender Seminar 2019 in the Nordic House. The Women’s History Archives exhibits a fragment of the documents the museum preserves from the struggle for equality over the past 50 years. A…

Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, the Minister for Education, Science and Culture, unveiled a new memorial plaque in honor of Jón Árnason, former national librarian and folklore collector, in the entrance to Þjóðarbókhlaða on September 7, 2019 to commemorate 200 years since his birth. The plaque is made by the sculptor Helgi Gíslason. A similar plaque was unveiled…

To mark 200 years since the birth of Jón Árnason, collector of folk tales and National Librarian, a conference will be held and an exhibition opened in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, on 7 September 2019.   Programme: 13:00–13:15      The Minister of Education, Science and Culture, Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, gives an address and…

On 17 and 18 August 2019, Skagabyggð and Skagaströnd will mark 200 years since the birth of Jón Árnason, National Librarian and collector of folk tales, who was born at Hof in Skagabyggð on 17 August 1819. The programme begins with a church service at 11:00 on 17 August in Hof church, where Jón’s father…

The annual NordLic (Cooperation of Nordic consortia) meeting, hosted this year at Þjóðarbókhlaða, took place on June 6 and 7 2019. The annual meeting is a cooperation effort between Nordic consortia who oversee subscriptions of electronically published scientific material. It is held in a different country each year, with Iceland being host to this year’s…