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  On Tuesday 8 November a presentation of the Scopus database was held in the lecture hall of Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3.Guillaume Warnan from Elsevier presented the database, and Sólveig Þorsteinsdóttir described the experience of Landspítali (the National University Hospital) and the University of Iceland School of Health Sciences with Scopus.  …

Autumn Evening by Gunnlaugur Scheving 1904-1972. Some of the works in the library are owned by The National Library of Iceland and others by the The University Library. Many works were given to the new library at the celebration of the opening in the new building on December 1st 1994. For further information see the new…

To mark the centenary of Dr Áskell Löve, Professor of Botany, his descendants gave the National and University Library of Iceland the diaries Áskell kept from the age of 18 until shortly before his death, from 1935 to 1989. There are 35 books in all, as well as some loose sheets from the winter of…

A report has been published on the introduction of the RDA cataloguing rules (Resource Description and Access) in Iceland from 1 January 2015 to 20 May 2016. The report is by Magnhildur Magnúsdóttir, who was project manager of the implementation team.  The report is available in Rafhlaðan, the Icelandic digital repository, here.

  Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson, Professor of Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland, will give a talk in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, on Wednesday 5 October at 12:00, entitled “The aesthetics of uncertainty: Snorri Hjartarson and John Keats”. The talk is part of the programme of the Reykjavík Reading Festival. John Keats…

A trial access  on the HI-net to journals of The Royal Society of Chemistry „Gold journal package“ has been opened for two months.This package covers 40 titles from the beginning of their publication.http://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals?key=title&value=current. Further information about the journals http://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/about-journals/#journal-categories

The National and University Library of Iceland hosted a seminar on open science on the 15th of September. The seminar was recorded and is available to view here and on the University of Iceland’s Panopto Web.

Symposium on 15 September, 15:00–17:40 – Opening of the repository opinvisindi.is 15:00 Opening of the symposium and launch of the website Ingibjörg Sverrisdóttir, National Librarian, National and University Library of Iceland: Open science in Iceland. Launch of the website opinvisindi.is.  15:10 Sigurgeir Finnsson, National and University Library of Iceland: Introducing the website opinvisindi.is 15:20 Dr Kenneth…

The Writing Centre in the National Library is a cooperative project of the writing centres at the School of Humanities (Hum) and the School of Education (Edu). September Mon    Closed Tue      10-13 (Hum) Wed    13-16 (Hum) Thu      12-16 (Edu) Fri        13-16 (Hum) Tutoring for all types of academic writing, assignments, and essays in Icelandic and English.…

Today, 8 September, is Library Day and also International Literacy Day. To mark the day, books are being given away and there is a programme in the lecture hall. The theme of Library Day is “Reading is best, to the ends of the universe and beyond.” The National and University Library of Iceland’s programme today:…

An article about Manfreð Vilhjálmsson architect of the National and University Library of Iceland was recently published in the web-journal T-RANSFER. Global Architecture Platform  http://www.transfer-arch.com . The article is written by Halldóra Arnardóttir.

On the 16th of June a special exhibition on the Great Auk was opened in the Cultural House at Hverfisgata. In its special exhibition area there are displays sponsored by the six institutions responsible for the exhibition Point of view – a journey through Icelandic imagery, displayed in turns. The exhibition is a joint project…