The exhibition

Private editions, micro-publishing and other forms of dissemination from 1977 to the present
will be opened in the lobby of the National Library,
Friday, October 11, 2013 at 3:00 PM

At the opening, poets Sjón, Bragi Ólafsson, Óskar Árni Óskarsson and Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir will read some of their poems and introduce publications they have contributed to.

The exhibition is a collaborative project
National Library of Iceland – University Library,
the Polish-Icelandic poetry project ORT and the Reykjavík Reading Festival.

 

Private publishing, micro-publishing and other forms of distribution

Major changes have occurred in the last decades of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st in artistic creation, publishing methods, and the media.

The mandatory return of audio recordings such as records, magnetic tapes and cassettes to the National Library of Iceland was introduced by the Act on Mandatory Returns to Museums No. 43/1977 , and by Act No. 20/2002 , films, radio and television material and works on electronic media are made mandatory to return. The National Library of Iceland – University Library accepts all mandatory return materials, including videos and video discs and materials on electronic media.

Publishing content in electronic form is growing rapidly, and in order to manage electronic publishing, the electronic database Rafhlaðan was established by the National Library of Iceland – University Library. Micro-publishers have emerged and flourished with new media channels in recent decades, and publishing is becoming increasingly easier.