National and University Library of Iceland
The National and University Library of Iceland, in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, is the library of the University of Iceland under a cooperation agreement with the University. University of Iceland students have priority access to a wide range of services. Library cards are free of charge, and UI students get a 50% discount on various paid services.
The National and University Library of Iceland
is at Arngrímsgata 3, tel. 525 5600, e-mail: landsbokasafn (at) landsbokasafn.is.
The Law Library in Lögberg
The library serves the University of Iceland’s Faculty of Law and is the largest law library in the country. Its material is lent only to staff and students of the Faculty of Law. All students of the Faculty can borrow books for up to 3 days. The Faculty’s teachers, and master’s and undergraduate students writing a final thesis in law at the University of Iceland, can borrow books for 30 days.
The Law Library is on the 3rd floor of Lögberg, the Faculty of Law’s building, tel. 525 4372,
e-mail: lagabokasafn (at) landsbokasafn.is, see the website (in Icelandic).
The School of Education’s teaching materials and children’s book library
The teaching materials library holds the teaching material currently in use in Iceland’s preschools and compulsory schools. Older textbooks from the days of Menntamálastofnun, Námsgagnastofnun and Ríkisútgáfa námsbóka (the state’s school-book publishers over the years), as well as other publishers, are kept in storage in the basement.
The children’s book library holds a selection of children’s books, with the emphasis on selected Icelandic children’s books and good translated works. A complete collection of children’s books is kept in the stores of the National and University Library of Iceland.
The branch is in Súlnasalur on the 2nd floor of Saga. Its phone number is 525 5930 and its e-mail mvsafn (at) landsbokasafn.is.
Súlnasalur has good study facilities for students and is open from 7:30 to 18:00. Material is lent for 30 days, and the service desk is staffed for part of the day. There is a self-service machine at the library’s entrance. See the opening hours for details.
The Health Sciences Library of Landspítali and the University of Iceland
The Health Sciences Library of Landspítali, the National University Hospital, and the University of Iceland aims to give Landspítali staff, and students and teachers at the University’s School of Health Sciences, access to the scientific and clinical information and knowledge they need in their studies and work. To that end, it provides access to the main databases and journals in the health sciences and help in using them; it is almost entirely an electronic library.
The Health Sciences Library is in Eirberg, Landspítali at Hringbraut, tel. 543 1450,
e-mail: bokasafn (at) landspitali.is, see the website (in Icelandic).