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Memory of the World in your collection?
The Icelandic National Committee for Memory of the World is inviting the first nominations for inscription on the National Register of Iceland. The aim of UNESCO’s Memory of the World programme, and of the register of the same name, is to draw attention to the important documentary heritage of the world by naming documents of…
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Trial access to Bloomsbury e-books until 1 May
On the University Network there is now trial access to 4,000 e-books in Bloomsbury Collections until 1 May. Among other things, they include the latest research in the humanities and social sciences from the publishers Bloomsbury, T&T Clark, Berg and Bristol Classical Press and The Arden Shakespeare and Hart Publishing. You can use smartphones and e-readers, send…
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Conference on the Slaying of the Basque Whalers in Iceland (1615)
Legal Organization, Cultural Exchange and Conflicts of the Basque Fisheries in the North Atlantic There is a conference on the Slaying of the Basque Whalers in Iceland in 1615 at the National and University Library of Iceland Monday 20 April and Tuesday 21 April 2015. On Tuesday at 14:40 there will be a presentation of…
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Turning points in European history: symposium, 18 April
Turning points in European history: looking at the years 1814 and 1815Félag um átjándu aldar fræði (the Icelandic Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) is holding a symposiumin Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, in the lecture hall on the 2nd floor,on Saturday 18 April 2015. The symposium begins at 13:30 and ends no later than…
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Archaeology journals free online
For the next two weeks, from April 13 to April 26, a free access will be available to 43 journals in archaeology, conservation and heritage from Maney publications.
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Generous donation from the Icelandic Human Rights Centre
On Thursday 9 April the Icelandic Human Rights Centre gave its library to the National and University Library of Iceland / Þjóðarbókhlaða. Since the Centre was founded its library has been growing, and many people have turned to it for sources and information. The library now has well over a thousand titles, half of them…
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ENUMERATE: Digitisation Survey
This report analyses the results of the ENUMERATE Survey Report on Digitisation in Cultural Heritage Institutions 2014 focusing specifically on the results from Icelandic cultural heritage institutions. The ENUMERATE survey was conducted in late 2013 and was the third major study on digitisation in cultural heritage institutions in Europe but the first that Icelandic cultural…
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Head of Information Services and User Education
The National and University Library of Iceland is advertising a vacancy for the post of Head of Information Services. The team provides the university community and the Library’s visitors with a wide range of information services, with instruction and guidance on the Library, its website and databases. The team’s main tasks are library instruction, teaching…
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Two new e-journals
The following journals have recently been subscribed to and are open to users on the University Network and on the computers in Þjóðarbókhlaða. Like the Library’s other e-journals and those in national access, they are available in the list Finna tímarit (Find journals) on the Library’s home page. Adaptation is an international, peer-reviewed journal in literary and…
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A call for women’s papers
A national campaign is launched today, 19 March, at 11:00 in the lecture hall of Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3 This year Iceland celebrates the centenary of women’s suffrage. To mark it, the National and University Library of Iceland, the National Archives of Iceland and the regional archives are holding a national campaign…
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Trial access to Bloomsbury Collections
Bloomsbury Collections (comprising 4,000 titles) is making itself available to all users of the University of Iceland net (hi.is) from today until May 1st, on the University Net. These volumes include research publications in the humanities and social sciences from the following publishers: Bloomsbury, T&T Clark, Berg and Bristol Classical Press, The Arden Shakespeare and Hart…
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Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies: symposium, 14 February
Félag um átjándu aldar fræði (the Icelandic Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) is holding a symposiumunder the titleNew research on Icelandic folk belief in later centuries in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, in the lecture hall on the 2nd floor,on Saturday 14 February 2015.The symposium begins at 13:30 and ends no later than 16:30.…