The National and University Library of Iceland runs a number of projects, both on its own and together with others. Here are links to some of the websites connected with the Library:
Digitised collections
5 websites
Bækur.is
baekur.is
Digital reproductions of old Icelandic books.
Handrit.is
handrit.is
A union catalogue of Icelandic manuscripts in three manuscript collections.
Hljóðsafn
hljodsafn.is
Music and other sound recordings kept by the Library.
Íslandskort
islandskort.is
Images of old maps of Iceland and an outline of the history of mapping the country.
Tímarit.is
timarit.is
Digitised copies of Icelandic, Faroese and Greenlandic newspapers and journals.
Databases
14 websites
Bókaskrá
bokaskra.landsbokasafn.is
A catalogue of Icelandic publications up to 1844.
Hvar.is
hvar.is
The website of the Iceland Consortium for Electronic Subscriptions: national access to electronic databases and journals.
IRIS
iris.landsbokasafn.is
A research portal showing the research activity of the Icelandic universities and institutions that take part in the system.
Íslensk útgáfuskrá
utgafuskra.is
The Icelandic National Bibliography: a record of material published in Iceland, with statistics.
Ísmús
ismus.is
A database of Icelandic music and cultural heritage: sound recordings, photographs, films, manuscripts and texts.
Leiðarvísar.is
leidarvisar.is
Help with searching for sources, links to databases and a wide range of instructional material (in Icelandic).
Leitir.is
leitir.is
An integrated search portal that searches many electronic databases at once, including the union catalogue of Icelandic libraries.
Lykilskrá
lykilskra.landsbokasafn.is
An index of personal names, corporate bodies, subject headings and geographical names from the Gegnir authority file.
Opin vísindi
opinvisindi.is
A repository of research outputs and doctoral theses in open access from the Icelandic universities, since 2016.
Rafhlaðan
rafhladan.is
A digital repository that receives the electronic material deposited under legal deposit.
Skemman
skemman.is
A digital repository of final theses from the universities in Iceland (bachelor's and master's theses).
The Library’s collections
lbs.leitir.is
Books, e-books, audiobooks, journals and articles in the collections of the National and University Library of Iceland, on Leitir.
Icelandic Web Archive
vefsafn.is
An archive of websites from the national domain .is.
Translations of the Icelandic sagas
sagas.landsbokasafn.is
A bibliography of translations of the sagas of Icelanders and tales, the Eddic poems, bishops' sagas, legendary sagas, chivalric sagas and kings' sagas.
Educational websites
11 websites
Hallgrímur Pétursson
hallgrimurpetursson.is
About Hallgrímur Pétursson and his Passíusálmar (Hymns of the Passion)
Cataloguers’ handbook
hask.landsbokasafn.is
The handbook for bibliographic cataloguing in the union catalogue of Icelandic libraries (in Icelandic).
Jón Árnason
jonarnason.is
An educational website about Jón Árnason and his collection of folk tales.
Jónas Hallgrímsson
jonashallgrimsson.is
A website about the national poet Jónas Hallgrímsson.
Konur og stjórnmál
konurogstjornmal.is
The history of women's suffrage in Iceland.
Women’s History Archives
kvennasogusafn.is
The Women's History Archives share knowledge of women's history and research and help with finding sources.
Theatre Museum of Iceland
leikminjasafn.is
The Theatre Museum preserves and shares knowledge of the history of the performing arts in Iceland.
Centre of Oral History
munnlegsaga.is
An archive and a research and educational institution in the field of oral history.
Open access
openaccess.is
The National and University Library of Iceland's website on open access to publicly funded scientific material and research results.
Tónlistarsafn Íslands
tonlistarsafn.is
A museum of Icelandic music, musical culture and musical heritage.
Upplýsingalæsi
upplysingalaesi.is
A teaching website on sources and their use: finding, evaluating and using sources (in Icelandic).