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Springer: presentation
Timon Oefelen, Customer Service and Development Manager at Springer, will give a presentation on 29 September, 15:00–16:30, in the lecture hall of the National and University Library of Iceland. The first part of the presentation is called: “Springer Technology Update – Discovery and Altmetrics”
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“Þann arf vér bestan fengum” (The best inheritance we received)
On Saturday 26 September 2015 at 13:00 an exhibition of Icelandic editions of the Bible will open in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3. The exhibition is a joint project of the National and University Library of Iceland and Hið íslenska biblíufélag (the Icelandic Bible Society). The Icelandic Bible Society is the oldest society…
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Icelandic book history 2015–2016
This winter the National and University Library of Iceland will hold the lecture series Íslensk bóksaga (Icelandic Book History) for the second time. Its aim is to create a forum for discussing Icelandic book history of later centuries in a wide context, both printed and handwritten books. Talks will describe the history of individual books…
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Library Day, 8 September
08:30 – ? Our hugely popular and celebrated giveaway table, with books and perhaps something else. 11:00–11:30 National and University Library of Iceland video 11:30–12:00 Þjóðarbókhlaða (the first years) video 13:30 Poets read in the Library’s lecture hall on the 2nd floor (not necessarily in this order) Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir…
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E-books in law
In September there will be trial access on the University Network to e-books in law from University Press Scholarship Online. It covers about 1,400 titles from various university presses. Take the opportunity to have a look, and we would like to hear what you think: upplys (at) landsbokasafn.is.
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Book donation from the Friends of Western Sahara
Today Stefán Pálsson, on behalf of Vinafélag Vestur-Sahara (the Friends of Western Sahara Society), gave books to the National and University Library of Iceland. The books deal with the history and politics of Western Sahara.
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Spegillinn
Following an amendment to the General Penal Code passed by Alþingi (the Icelandic parliament) on 2 July 2015, the National and University Library of Iceland has opened access to issue 2 of volume 43 of the magazine Spegillinn, from 1983, on the website timarit.is. A paper copy of the issue is also available in the National…
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Letters from children
A few letters from children are preserved at the National and University Library of Iceland. Some of those letters were on display in the library in from July until October 2015, among them a letter from two sisters writing to their brother and another one from a young girl writing to Iceland’s national hero “President“ Jón Sigurðsson.…
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Book donation from the Thai Embassy
Worakot Janemathukom, the representative of the Thai Embassy in Iceland based in Copenhagen, visited the National and University Library of Iceland on the 19th of June 2015, along with Anna M.Þ. Ólafsdóttir, the Honorary Consul-General of Thailand in Iceland. They delivered a book donation to the library, among others a book on the improvement of…
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“Vér heilsum glaðar framtíðinni” (We women greet the future gladly)
On Saturday 16 May 2015 an exhibition will open in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, to mark the centenary of women’s suffrage. At the same time a website on the history of the vote, konurogstjornmal.is, will be launched, open to everyone. The exhibition’s title, “Vér heilsum glaðar framtíðinni” (We women greet the future…
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Manuscript culture of later centuries: symposium, 9 May
A symposium on 9 May presenting the results of research carried out within four large research projects funded by the Icelandic Research Fund in 2010–15. The research projects are The People’s Printing Press: manuscript and book culture of later centuries (project manager: Matthew Driscoll); The cultural and social role of Icelandic manuscripts of poems and…
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Leafing through the past
On Wednesday 6 May the literary scholar Guðrún Ingólfsdóttir will give the talk “Leafing through the past: the search for women’s manuscripts” in the lecture series Íslensk bóksaga (Icelandic Book History) in the lecture hall of Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, 12:05–12:45. Guðrún’s abstract says: “The lecture will discuss research I am now doing on women’s…