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An exhibition about composer Sigvaldi Kaldalóns was opened at the National Library 24 May. The exhibition is in cooperation of the Kaldalóns Memorial Fund, the Snjáfjallasetur Heritage Centre and the National and University Library of Iceland. At the opening, Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir soprano sang some of Kaldalóns’s  songs accompanied by pianist Hrönn Þráinsdóttir. Gunnlaugur A. Jónsson…

The National and University Library of Iceland and The Writers’ Union of Iceland have established a new prize for a poetry book published in 2016. The prize, entitled Maístjarnan (May Star), was awarded for the first time at a ceremony in the National Library on the Day of Poetry, 18 May. Sigurður Pálsson received the…

The National and University Library of Iceland and the Writers’ Union of Iceland have established a new poetry book prize entitled Maístjarnan  (May Star) that will be awarded annually, for the first time 18 May 2017. Ingibjörg Steinunn Sverrisdóttir National librarian and Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir chairman of RSÍ signed an agreement in Gunnar Gunnarsson’s House…

Conference in National and University Library of Iceland April 27-28, 2017 The National and University Library of Iceland and IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) will hold a two-day conference on April 27-28, 2017. Topics of the conference are, amongst others: “From printed newspapers to born-digital news, libraries and other cultural heritage institutions…

The Icelandic Literary Society premiered in the Library’s lecture hall on Thursday, 6 April a video called Svipþyrping – Svipmyndir úr 200 ára sögu Hins íslenska bókmenntafélags(Tableaux from the 200 years history of the Icelandic Literary Society). The Society made this video to mark its 200th anniversary. The material on the video is derived from…

The National and University Library of Iceland offers trial access to ProQuest Ebook Central on https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/landsbokasafn Ebook Central delivers ebooks from scholarly sources including most of the subject areas of the University of Iceland. The ProQuest Ebook Central trial access closes May 20th 2017.

Zhang Weidong ambassador of China in Iceland had the last lecture in the series about friendly exchanges between China and Iceland. He spoke about Chinese tea customs on Tuesday 28 March and called his lecture “How to drink Chinese Tea and Tea ceremony “. The lecture was held in English together with a short documentary…

The Icelandic Chinese Cultural Society presented to the library for safekeeping two minutes books, held by the society. One is a minutes book from the beginning of the society’s formation 20 October, 1953 until the beginning of the ninth decade. There is also a small book with a few minutes.Arnþór Helgason chairman and Kristján Jónsson,…

Unnur Guðjónsdóttir presented to the library in connection with the exhibition China-Iceland three books on China. Kína – ævintýralandið (China – land of adventures)  by Oddný Sen, signed by the author to Kristmann Gudmundsson. Also a copy of the book Kynnisför to China (A trip to China) by Jakob Straume, translated by the missionary Ólafur…

2017 Long Night against Procrastination National and University Library of Iceland Thursday, March 16, 17:00-22:00 Work together against procrastination and writer’s block! All University of Iceland students are welcome at the National Library to work on projects, big and small, from class papers to final theses. The goals of the evening are to (The idea…

On Tuesdays, during lunch-break, the National and University Library of Iceland offers a series of lectures and events about friendly exchanges between China and Iceland.  The series is organized by the National and University Library of Iceland in cooperation with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Republic of Iceland, the Northern Lights…

Hagþenkir,  the Association of Non-fiction and Educational Writers in Iceland conferred on Wednesday 1 March it’s special award for academic work of outstanding quality  at a ceremony in the National Library to Viðar Hreinsson for the book Jón lærði og náttúrur náttúrunnar (Jon the Learned and the natures of nature), published by Lesstofan in cooperation…