National and University Library of Iceland
IS – Íslenska

Publications

Over the years, the Library has published a number of works in connection with events and exhibitions held in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3. The journal Ritmennt was published annually until 2006, when it was discontinued. Back volumes can be bought from the Library.

Series

Innleiðing RDA skráningarreglna á Íslandi : 1. janúar 2015 – 20. maí 2016, skýrsla (The introduction of the RDA cataloguing rules in Iceland: 1 January 2015 – 20 May 2016, a report), October 2016. (PDF – 5 MB, in Icelandic)

Stafræn menning : niðurstöður Enumerate-könnunarinnar á stafrænu efni menningarstofnana 2014 (Digital culture: results of the Enumerate survey of cultural institutions’ digital material 2014), a report, March 2015. (PDF – 2.3 MB, in Icelandic)

Publications

Ritmennt: ársrit Landsbókasafns Íslands – Háskólabókasafns (Ritmennt: the yearbook of the National and University Library of Iceland) was a journal that took over from the Árbók and appeared from 1996 to 2005. You can read it on Tímarit.is. Copies can still be bought from the Library.

Árbók Landsbókasafns Íslands (the Yearbook of the National Library of Iceland) was published annually from 1945 to 1994. The yearbooks are on Tímarit.is: the first series (1945–1975) and the second series (1975–1994).

Galdrakver (The Book of Magic)

An illustrated publication with texts, issued for the Library’s 10th anniversary in 2004

Price ISK 5,900

Passíusálmar (Hymns of the Passion) by Hallgrímur Pétursson

A deluxe facsimile edition of Hallgrímur Pétursson’s own manuscript

Price ISK 9,800