The Library is involved in many projects, both individually and in cooperation with others. Here are links to a few websites that are related to the library:
Bækur.is | Icelandic books prior to 1870. |
Europeana | Digital reproductions of European libraries. |
Handrit.is | Union catalogue of Icelandic manuscripts in three collections: National and University Library of Iceland, The Árni Magnússon Institute and Arnamagnæanske Samling. |
The Sound Archive | Music and other sound recordings preserved by the Library. |
Icelandic maps | Digital copies of old maps of Iceland and a summary of map history. |
Timarit.is /Periodicals and journals | Digital reproduction of Icelandic, Faroese and Greenlandic newspapers and journals. |
Bibliography | A bibliography of Icelandic works published before 1844. |
Doctoral dissertations | A list of doctoral dissertations by Icelanders. |
Private archives | Digital access to archives, preserved in the National and University Library. |
Find journals | Access to full-text of about 20.000 journals and information about printed journals which the National Library receives on regular basis, through the special interface, SFX. |
Hvar.is | Nationwide access to digital databases and journals. |
Catalogue of Icelandic publications | Catalogue of material published in Iceland with statistics. |
Ísmús | Database on Icelandic musical- and cultural heritage. Sound recordings, photographs, movies, manuscripts and texts. |
Leitir.is | Integrated search portal which searches many digital databases at a time, including union catalogue of Icelandic libraries. |
Key to subject headings | A list of subject headings and personal names used for cataloguing in the union catalogue of Icelandic libraries. |
Rafhlaðan | A digital repository containing digital material acquired through legal deposits. |
Skemman | Digital repository of theses of Icelandic universities (baccalaureate and masters theses). |
The Icelandic web archive | Collection of websites from the national domain .is |
Translations of the Icelandic Sagas | List of translations of the Icelandic Sagas and Acts, Eddaic poems, Sagas of bishops, Mythic-heroic Sagas, and Sagas of kings. |
Hallgrimur Pétursson | About the poet Hallgrimur Pétursson and his Hymns of Passion. |
Manual for cataloguers | A manual for bibliographic cataloguing into the union catalogue of libraries. |
Jónas Hallgrímsson | A website for the national poet, Jónas Hallgrímsson. |
Women and Politics | Dedicated to the history of women‘s suffrage in Iceland. |
Women´s History Archives | The mission of the Archives is to collect, register and preserve records of the history of Icelandic women as well as women in Iceland. It acts as a centre for the dissemination of information about the history of women, helps find sources in this area, and encourages research on women‘s history. |
Centre for Oral History | A collection of research and educational centre in the field of oral history. |
Openaccess.is | A website on open access |
Icelandic Music Library | A collection on Icelandic music, musical culture and musical artefacts. |
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