News Archive

Opening hours during Easter 2024
22.03.2024

In theme of Easter, staff members at the library are dressed in yellow and green today.  Opening hours during Easter are: March 25-27,...

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What is legal depost?
21.02.2024

There‘s a law in Iceland that dictates that all published materials such as music, books, magazines, newspapers, advertisment pamplets and more...

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Visit from the employee association Sámur in Edda
15.02.2024

The employee association Sámur in Edda visited Hlöðver, the employee association of the National Library on Wednesday and received instructions about...

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Registration and description of manuscripts
06.02.2024

The National Library recently received a grant from the Rannís Infrastructure Fund to work on the registration and description of manuscripts...

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Opening of an exhibition about Lothar Grund
03.11.2023

On Thursday, November 2, an exhibition about set and costume designer Lothar Grund was opened in the library. A short program...

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Womens‘s strike on October 24
20.10.2023

At the library 2/3 of the staff are women and non-binary people, and therefore the library services will be limited on...

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Foreign manuscripts from Willard Fiske's Library
18.10.2023

One of the most loyal supporters of the National Library was the American tycoon and librarian Willard Fiske (1831–1904). During his...

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Open access week 2023
10.10.2023

The International Week of Open Access 2023 will be held on October 23rd-29th 2023. This year's program is particularly diverse, thanks...

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Artificial intelligence utilitized for reading old manuscripts and documents
18.09.2023

The National and University Library of Iceland and The National Archives recently participated in a project on digital humanities via The...

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Visit from the staff of the Audio Library
14.09.2023

The staff of the Audio Library visited the National and University Library on September 13. They got an introduction to the...

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Increased access to older recordings and handwritten texts
13.09.2023

On Wednesday, September 13, two projects were presented in the library's lecture hall by the Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts. Trausti...

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In memory of Guðbergur Bergsson
12.09.2023

In memory of Guðbergur Bergsson (1932-2023), several of his books and one manuscript are now on display in the library. Guðbergur's...

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Robert Arnfinnsson - 100 years memorial exhibition
16.08.2023

The highlight of the month of August at the National and University library is the first album that actor Róbert Arnfinnsson...

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Visit from Malta
23.06.2023

Jesmond Cutajar, Ambassador of Malta to Iceland, visited the National and University Library of Iceland June 22. He was gathering information about libraries...

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Grants from the Library Fund
14.06.2023

Ministry of Culture and Business Affairs allocated from the Library Fund today, June 14. The National and University Library of Iceland...

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Private archive donated
31.05.2023

Former National Librarian, Sigrún Klara Hannesdóttir (pictured left), recently donated her private archive of correspondence to the manuscript collection of the...

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Bergthóra Snæbjörnsdóttir wins The May Star Poetry Prize
24.05.2023

The National and University Library of Iceland in cooperation with The Writers´ Union of Iceland awards a prize for a book...

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Icelandic comics
12.05.2023

In relation to the exhibition of Gísli J. Ástthórsson's works, the National and University Library is collaborating with the Icelandic Comics...

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Books that have been nominated for the May Star Prize introduced
05.05.2023

On Thursday, May 4, books that have been nominated for the May Star Prize were introduced in the library's lecture hall...

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Erasmus+ Library Week
27.04.2023

This week, university library staff from Vienna in Austria, Warsaw and Krakow in Poland, Ostrava in the Czech Republic, Cagliari in...

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Nominations to the May Star Poetry Award
26.04.2023

The National and University Library of Iceland in conjuction with the Writers’ Union of Iceland, will present the May Star Poetry...

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Gísli J. Ástthórsson - a wide range of documents from his possession handed over to the library
05.04.2023

On the occasion of the centenary of writer, artist and editor Gísli J. Ástthórsson, his family handed over to the library...

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Seminar on SÁL - Association of people interested in theatre education
02.02.2023

On February 2nd, a seminar was held in the National Library's lecture hall on the Drama Society SÁL (Association of people...

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Archives of the Reykjavík Theatre School Theatre Company
12.01.2023

On January 11, 2023, the Theatre Museum received a remarkable gift from former students and teachers at the The Theatre School...

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Sir Joseph Banks’s Iceland expedition in 1772 - a guided tour
02.11.2022

In connection with the exhibition in the Library on Sir Joseph Banks’s Iceland expedition in 1772, professor emeritus Anna Agnarsdóttir will...

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Website on the Redstocking movement in Iceland
27.10.2022

In late 2018, representatives of the founders of the Redstocking movement in Iceland gathered and discussed the possibility of opening a...

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Workshop held by Turnitin
13.10.2022

Last week, two specialists from Turnitin, Dennis Von Bart and Jason Gibson, held a workshop at the University of Iceland for...

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The memoirs of Guðrún Borgfjörð given to the Manuscript Collection
11.10.2022

The manuscript collection recently acquired a manuscript containing the memoirs of Guðrún Borgfjörð (1856-1930). Guðrún was the daughter of Jón Borgfirðingur,...

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Sir Joseph Banks’s Iceland expedition in 1772 - a guided tour
23.09.2022

In connection with the exhibition on Sir Joseph Banks’s Iceland expedition in 1772, the authors of the exhibition, Anna Agnarsdóttir and...

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Antique map collection from the Geodesy of Iceland
16.09.2022

On the Day of Icelandic Nature, 16 September 2022, the Geodesy of Iceland is handing over its antique map collection to...

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Grant from the Library Fund
09.09.2022

The Literacy Working Group in Icelandic University Libraries was recently granted  4.500.000 ISK from the Library Fund for designing an online...

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Translator and writer John Swedenmark visited the Library
03.09.2022

Translator and writer John Swedenmark visited the Library recently. Swedenmark lives in Stockholm and has translated novels by numerous Icelandic authors...

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Symposium on Sir Joseph Banks, Daniel Solander and the Iceland Expedition 1772
30.08.2022

On August 29 there was a symposium in the Library held by the Institute of History of the University of Iceland...

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Book gift from Latvia
26.08.2022

The Ambassador of Latvia to Norway and Iceland, Martins Klive visited the library and handed over a gift of books in...

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IRIS, the Icelandic Research Information System, opened
15.06.2022

IRIS, the Icelandic Research Information System, was formally opened 15 June in the Library. IRIS, the Icelandic Research Information System, was...

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Visit of two Ambassadors
14.06.2022

On June 14, the Swedish Ambassador, Pär Ahlberger, and the Australian Ambassador, Kerin Ayyalaraju, visited the library and were given a...

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Haukur Ingvarsson wins The May Star Poetry Award
19.05.2022

The National and University Library of Iceland in cooperation with The Writers´ Union of Iceland awards a prize for a book...

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Nominations to the May Star Poetry Award 2021
22.04.2022

The National and University Library of Iceland in conjuction with the Writers’ Union of Iceland, will present the May Star Poetry...

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In memory of the writer Guðrún Helgadóttir
11.04.2022

In memory of the writer Guðrún Helgadóttir, a small selection of her works has been compiled in the library. Guðrún was...

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The Savanna trio hands over their heritage
07.04.2022

60 years since Troels Bendtsen, Björn Björnsson and Þórir Baldursson began their career as the Savanna trio. The trio was only...

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A new version of the web ismus.is - on Icelandic music and cultural heritage
18.03.2022

On Thursday 17 March, a new version of the web ismus.is was formally opened in the museum. Addresses were given by...

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Arfur aldanna I-II - Hagþenkir Award 2021
03.03.2022

Hagþenkir, the Association of Non-fiction and Educational Writers in Iceland conferred on Wednesday 2 March it´s special award for academic work of outstanding...

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Statement of solidarity with Ukraine
02.03.2022

The Nordic National Libraries want to express their solidarity with their friends and colleagues in the besieged Ukraine. Our hearts and...

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Grants from the Icelandic Library Fund
14.01.2022

Recently, grants were allocated for the first time from the Icelandic Library Fund according to the proposal of the Library Council...

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The playing cards of Ásta Sigurðardóttir
05.01.2022

The National Theater of Iceland is currently staging a play on the life of artist Ásta Sigurðardóttir (1930–1971). Among her artistic...

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Measles, peculiar people and William Faulkner - Presentation of three new publications compiled from the collection of manuscripts in the National and University Library of Iceland
10.12.2021

On Tuesday 14 December, three recent publications will be presented in the Library, which are made to a greater or lesser...

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200th anniversary of author Fjodor Dostojevski and a photo exhibition about the Russian Arctic
28.10.2021

On Tuesday, October 26, the library hosted a symposium on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of author Fjodor Dostojevski's and...

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Open Access Week 2021
18.10.2021

International Open Access Week will be held on October 25-31. The theme this year is „It Matters How We Open Knowledge:...

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Artist´s book given to the library
15.10.2021

Artist Sigurður Árni Sigurðsson visited the library and handed over a book he made together with the South Korean poet Ko...

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Þorvaldur Thoroddsen - Centenary of a pioneer
29.09.2021

On September 28, on the centenary of the death of the world-renowned pioneer in the field of geology and natural sciences...

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The Institute of History at the University of Iceland - 50th anniversary
03.09.2021

The Institute of History at the University of Iceland celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2021. On the occasion of the anniversary,...

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The Order of the Falcon
18.06.2021

Yesterday, on the Icelandic National Day, the President of Iceland invested Rósa Björg Jónsdóttir, library and information specialist at the National...

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Halla Þórlaug Óskarsdóttir wins The May Star Poetry Prize
09.06.2021

The National and University Library of Iceland in cooperation with The Writers´ Union of Iceland awards a prize for a book...

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Jón Múli Árnason - documents given to the library
26.05.2021

On May 25, Jón Múli Árnason's family gave to the library various documents from his possession. Those who handed over the...

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Nominations to the May Star Poetry Award 2020
28.04.2021

The National and University Library of Iceland in conjuction with the Writers’ Union of Iceland, will present the May Star Poetry...

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Iceland Consortium and Karger Publisher have signed Open Access Agreeement
12.04.2021

The contract provides access to all Karger e-journals (including backfiles) and enables OA publishing with no additional cost to authors. This transformative...

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Guided tour of the exhibition Paradise Reclaimed 60/40
08.03.2021

Björn G. Björnsson gave a guided tour of the exhibition Paradise Reclaimed 60/40 on March 2 for stage designers and those...

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The Icelandic Comics Society donates Icelandic comics to the National and University Library
15.01.2021

The Icelandic Comics Society recently donated Icelandic comics to the National and University Library of Iceland. Atla Hrafney handed the comics...

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Icelandic Language Day
16.11.2020

Icelandic Language Day is celebrated each year on November 16, the birthday of the poet Jónas Hallgrímsson. The information website of the...

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Open Access Week 2020
28.10.2020

The 13th International Open Access Week was held 19-25 October 2020. The theme this year was Open with Purpose: Taking Action...

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Open Access Week
06.10.2020

International Open Access Week will be held on October 19-25. The theme this year is „Open with Purpose: Taking Action to...

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Closed due to a ban on gatherings
04.10.2020

On October 5, a ban on gatherings of more than 20 people will be set in Iceland. Due to the ban the...

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Changes at the Library café on 2nd floor at Þjóðarbókhlaða
14.09.2020

Háma is a new operator at the Library café. Háma is run by Student Services (Félagsstofnun stúdenta) and is located in...

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JAÐARLÖND | BORDERLANDS
17.08.2020

JAÐARLÖND | BORDERLANDS is an exhibition organized by ARKIR Book Arts Group in cooperation with the Reykjavík Art Festival. The exhibition...

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The National Theatre and the National and University Library of Iceland in collaboration on the preservation of Icelandic theatre heritage
09.06.2020

The National Theatre of Iceland and the National and University Library of Iceland have formed a partnership in order to preserve...

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The May Star Poetry Prize awarded
28.05.2020

The May Star Poetry Award was presented in the National and University Library of Iceland on Wednesday May 27, 2020. The...

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Summer jobs at Library for students
26.05.2020

The National and University Library of Iceland participates in the Government's initiative to offer all students who are between semesters and...

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The Library will open at 13 on May 27
25.05.2020

The Library will open at 13 on Wednesday May 27, due to no cold water in the building from 9-13.  We apologize...

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The Icelandic Museum Prize
20.05.2020

On May 18, on the International Museum Day, the National Museum of Iceland received the Icelandic Museum Prize for the new...

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A new website for the Theatre Museum of Iceland
13.05.2020

A new website for the Theatre Museum of Iceland – leikminjasafn.is – has been launched. The site includes a database, of theatrical...

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The Library will open at 10 on May 14
12.05.2020

The Library will open at 10 on Thursday May 14, due to a staff meeting. We apologize for the inconvenience this may...

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Nominations to the May Star Poetry Award 2019
08.05.2020

The National and University Library of Iceland in conjuction with the Writers’ Union of Iceland, will present the May Star Poetry...

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The Library will open on May 4
30.04.2020

The National and University Library of Iceland, Þjóðarbókhlaðan, will open on May 4 2020, after being closed since March 16, due...

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Iceland Consortium supports ICOLC‘S statement on the impact of COVID-19
17.04.2020

The steering committee of Iceland Consortium for electronic subscriptions, supports ICOLC´S Statement on the Global COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on...

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Collecting Covid-19 personal reflections
17.03.2020

The manuscript collection welcomes all kinds of personal reflections regarding the effects of the coronavirus disease on people´s everyday lives. For further...

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Library services for the duration of the assembly ban
16.03.2020

The National and University Library of Iceland will be closed to guests for four weeks starting March 16 2020 due to...

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Closed due to a ban on gatherings
13.03.2020

A ban on gatherings of more than 100 people has been set in Iceland. It takes effect at midnight on March...

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Prestaköll - Hagþenkir Award 2019
05.03.2020

Hagþenkir,  the Association of Non-fiction and Educational Writers in Iceland conferred on Wednesday 4 March it´s special award for academic work of outstanding...

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Medúsa – a lecture and an agreement on publications and manuscripts
20.02.2020

Thursday February 20, Benedikt Hjartarson, professor of Literature at the University of Iceland had a lecture at the Library about the...

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Family workshop: Magic and symbols of magic
11.02.2020

Sunday, February 16 at 14–16 PM, Guðrún Laufey Guðmundsdóttir and Halldóra Kristinsdóttir, experts from the National and University Library of Iceland...

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Guidance from the National and University Library of Iceland on the Winter Lights Festival in the Culture House
05.02.2020

Winter Lights Festival is an annual event that celebrates both the winter world and the growing sun light after a long period...

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The Order of the Falcon
02.01.2020

The Order of the Falcon On New Year‘s Day, the President of Iceland invested Jóhanna Gunnlaugsdóttir professor at the University of Iceland...

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PURE Research Information Management System
20.12.2019

This summer the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture purchased the PURE research system which is intended to be the Current...

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Women´s History Archives: Annual Morning Meeting
05.12.2019

This morning, December 5, Arnheidur Steinthorsdottir, graduate student in history delivered a presentation on her Bachelor's thesis “When women took over...

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Nordic Workshop on Bibliometric and Research Policy
27.11.2019

The 24th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometric and Research Policy 2019 will be held 27th-29th of November in Veröld – House of...

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Book gift from China's ambassador
13.11.2019

China's ambassador, Jin Zhijian, visited to the museum on Tuesday 12 November for a meeting with the National Librarian. On that...

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When does the struggle for equality become history?  - Women's History Archives at the Gender Seminar 2019
30.10.2019

Saturday November 2 at 13-17: 30 the Women's History Archives at the National and University Library of Iceland will have a...

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Open Access Week
29.10.2019

The 12th International Open Access Week was held 21-27 October 2019. The theme this year was Open for whom? Equity in...

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Memorial plaque in honor of Jón Árnason
16.09.2019

Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, the Minister for Education, Science and Culture, unveiled a new memorial plaque in honor of Jón Árnason, former national...

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NordLic meeting in Þjóðarbókhlaða
07.06.2019

The annual NordLic (Cooperation of Nordic consortia) meeting, hosted this year at Þjóðarbókhlaða, took place on June 6 and 7 2019. The...

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Workshop on Open Access
04.06.2019

Monday June 3 2019 a workshop on Open Access was held at the library. Keynote speakers were Colleen Campbell, OA2020 Partner...

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Minister of Education, Science and Culture, visits Þjóðarbókhlaða
29.05.2019

Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Minister of Education, Science and Culture, visited the National and University Library of Iceland on May 28, 2019. Lilja...

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Alefli – User Conference
28.05.2019

Alefli – Gegnir user group held its annual conference on May 23 2019 at Þjóðarbókhlaða. Landskerfi representatives updated conference guests as to...

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Friends of the Heritage of the Performing arts
28.05.2019

The Theatre Museum of Iceland held its last annual general meeting in Þjóðarbókhlaða on May 23 2019. The decision was made...

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Annual Meeting of the NING Group
23.05.2019

The NING group (Nordic Information Network Gender) held their annual meeting at Þjóðarbókhlaða on May 21, 2019. The Nordic countries take turns...

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The May Star Poetry Prize awarded
21.05.2019

The National and Univeristy Library of Iceland, in conjunction with The Writers‘ Union of Iceland has awarded Eva Rún Snorradóttir The...

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Lecture about open access
13.05.2019

On May 13th 2019 the lecture The changing landscape of academic publications in a Nordic context was held at the National and...

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08.02.2019

The travelling print workshop Print & Friends is up and working at the Culture House tonight 8 February between 6 and...

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25.01.2019

On January 24th, The Hungarian Cultural Society in Iceland donated a collection of books to The National and University Library. The...

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11.10.2018

A symposium in memory of Halldór Hermannsson, curator at the Fiske Icelandic Collection at Cornell University in the United States will be...

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12.09.2018

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the National and University Library of Iceland, the Iceland Post issued a National Library of...

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08.08.2018

The Summer school in manuscript studies is a collaboration between the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, the University of Iceland,...

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20.06.2018

Sigrún Júlíusdóttir, former professor at the University of Iceland and chairman of the Board of the Research Center for Children and...

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06.06.2018

32. Conference of European National Librarians took place in Reykjavík Iceland 4th and 5th of June 2018, and in addition the...

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16.03.2018

On March 14th, an exhibition was opened at the National Library in collaboration with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra on the program...

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08.01.2018

The National and University Library of Iceland has launched an information web about Open Access (OA).It´s supposed to be a gateway...

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03.01.2018

On November 9th 2017 The National and University Library of Iceland signed the Expression of Interest in the Large-scale Implementation of...

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08.11.2017

Iceland Consortium (hvar.is) offers trial access to Britannica ImageQuest database from Encyclopædia Britannica. Access is national as content is available to everyone in Iceland who...

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25.10.2017

Contact is a new link (at the Menu bar) on the library web. On the site users find: Web chat to chat online...

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24.10.2017

10th Annual International Open Access Week, October 23-29, 2017. This year’s theme of “Open in Order to…” is meant to move the...

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09.10.2017

On Friday, 6 October, on the birthday of poet Benedikt Gröndal, an exhibition was opened about him in the library in...

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24.09.2017

On Sunday September 24th at 2:00pm, Gunnar Marel Hinriksson from the National and University Library of Iceland will guide visitors (in...

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08.09.2017

On September 7th, Ásmundur Jónsson, on behalf of Bad Taste Ltd, handed over to The National Library, for possession and preservation,...

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14.06.2017

      The activities carried out by the Icelandic Music Museum in Kópavogur and its collection will be transferred to the National Museum...

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26.05.2017

An exhibition about composer Sigvaldi Kaldalóns was opened at the National Library 24 May. The exhibition is in cooperation of the...

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23.05.2017

  The National and University Library of Iceland and The Writers´ Union of Iceland have established a new prize for a poetry...

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27.04.2017

  The National and University Library of Iceland and the Writers' Union of Iceland have established a new poetry book prize entitled...

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26.04.2017

Conference in National and University Library of Iceland April 27-28, 2017 The National and University Library of Iceland and IFLA (International Federation...

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07.04.2017

The Icelandic Literary Society premiered in the Library´s lecture hall on Thursday, 6 April a video called Svipþyrping – Svipmyndir úr...

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04.04.2017

The National and University Library of Iceland offers trial access to ProQuest Ebook Central on https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/landsbokasafn Ebook Central delivers ebooks from scholarly sources...

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31.03.2017

Zhang Weidong ambassador of China in Iceland had the last lecture in the series about friendly exchanges between China and Iceland....

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30.03.2017

The Icelandic Chinese Cultural Society presented to the library for safekeeping two minutes books, held by the society. One is a...

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28.03.2017

Unnur Guðjónsdóttir presented to the library in connection with the exhibition China-Iceland three books on China. Kína – ævintýralandið (China –...

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14.03.2017

2017 Long Night against Procrastination National and University Library of Iceland Thursday, March 16, 17:00-22:00 Work together against procrastination and writer’s block! All University...

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06.03.2017

  On Tuesdays, during lunch-break, the National and University Library of Iceland offers a series of lectures and events about friendly exchanges between...

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02.03.2017

Hagþenkir,  the Association of Non-fiction and Educational Writers in Iceland conferred on Wednesday 1 March it´s special award for academic work...

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06.02.2017

Friday, 3 February, a collection of manuscripts by Ísólfur Palsson (1871-1941) were delivered to the National and University Library of Iceland....

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03.02.2017

The Iceland Consortium for electronic subscriptions presents trial access to four databases on Ebscohost through March 2017, EconLit, Academic Search Ultimate,...

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17.01.2017

  A license agreement has been reached between the The Iceland Consortium for Electronic Subscriptions and Elsevier for a nationwide access to...

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29.12.2016

A large number of the material that the manuscript collection receives today are private archives from the twentieth century. However, the...

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03.11.2016

Autumn Evening by Gunnlaugur Scheving 1904-1972. Some of the works in the library are owned by The National Library of Iceland and others...

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21.09.2016

A trial access  on the HI-net to journals of The Royal Society of Chemistry „Gold journal package“ has been opened for...

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20.09.2016

The National and University Library of Iceland hosted a seminar on open science on the 15th of September. The seminar was...

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09.09.2016

The Writing Centre in the National Library is a cooperative project of the writing centres at the School of Humanities (Hum)...

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04.08.2016

An article about Manfreð Vilhjálmsson architect of the National and University Library of Iceland was recently published in the web-journal T-RANSFER....

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05.07.2016

On the 16th of June a special exhibition on the Great Auk was opened in the Cultural House at Hverfisgata. In...

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12.05.2016

  The Icelandic Literary Society celebrates its bicentennial in 2016. On Thursday May 12th, at 14 PM an exhibition opened at the National...

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22.04.2016

  Inn á græna skóga [Into the green woods] – an exhibition of Snorri Hjartarson´s poetry At four o´clock on Friday the 22nd...

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12.04.2016

We offer trial access to journals http://www.geoscienceworld.org/  and e-books http://ebooks.geoscienceworld.org/ from GeoScienceWorld. This offer includes 146.000 articles from 46 journals in...

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11.04.2016

The 2016 IIPC (International Internet Preservation Consortium) General Assembly is hosted by the National and University Library of Iceland and taking place...

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04.03.2016

In connection to an exhibition in the library on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Icelandic Bible Society a...

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16.02.2016

Did you know that...gegnir.is is now a part of leitir.is?Check out button: „Search in Gegnir“: Searching is limited by materials in...

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05.02.2016

We have new translations of Icelandic literature at the library. Authors, among others, are: Ragnar Jónsson, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Jón...

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18.01.2016

The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, the National Library and Saga Forlag recently signed a contract for Web publishing rights...

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18.12.2015

There will be some changes to the library pricelist in the new year. The yearly fee for library cards will remain...

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18.12.2015

On Thursday the 17th of December there was signed an agreement between the The National and University Library and The Icelandic...

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18.11.2015

For a short time there is trial access to the database SPORTDiscus with Full Text which indexes and provides full -text...

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Letters from children (finished)
03.07.2015

A few letters from children are preserved at the National and University Library of Iceland. Some of those letters were on display in...

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29.06.2015

Worakot Janemathukom, the representative of the Thai Embassy in Iceland based in Copenhagen, visited the National and University Library of Iceland...

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20.04.2015

Legal Organization, Cultural Exchange and Conflicts of the Basque Fisheries in the North Atlantic There is a conference on the Slaying of...

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14.04.2015

For the next two weeks, from April 13 to April 26, a free access will be available to 43 journals in archaeology, conservation and...

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30.03.2015

This report analyses the results of the ENUMERATE Survey Report on Digitisation in Cultural Heritage Institutions 2014 focusing specifically on the...

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12.02.2015

Bloomsbury Collections (comprising 4,000 titles) is making itself available to all users of the University of Iceland net (hi.is) from today until...

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15.01.2015

On the twentieth anniversary of the library December 1 2014 a website was opened containing the Icelandic bibliography 1534-1844. The history...

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17.09.2014

An exhibition commemorating the 400th anniversary of the birth of the hymn poet Hallgrímur Pétursson was opened in the National and...

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Manuscripts exhibition
15.07.2014

Manuscripts from the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in connection with the International New Chaucer Congress 2014 In connection with...

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02.07.2014

The library Annual Report for the year 2013 is available in English here.

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01.07.2014

An exhibition on paper and vellum manuscripts has been opened in the National and University Library of Iceland. The Manuscript department...

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19.05.2014

An international conference on the Dewey classification system will be held in the lecture room of the National and University Library...

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Great interest in Melitta Urbancic
14.03.2014

On Saturday the 8 March an exhibition on writer, sculptor and actress Melitta Urbanic (1902-1984) was opened in the National and...

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07.01.2014

The National and University Library of Iceland has published a brochure explaining the Library´s policy 2013-2017. Early in 2013 the National and...

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17.12.2013

On Thursday the 12th of December representatives from The National and University Library of Iceland and Steinshús ses – a private...

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Day of Icelandic language
15.11.2013

On November 16th, the birthday of the poet Jónas Hallgrímsson, Icelanders celebrate a national day honouring the Icelandic language. On the...

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14.11.2013

The drawings of Tryggvi Magnússon presented to The National and University Library of Iceland. On November 13th the National Librarian, Ingibjörg Steinunn...

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10.10.2013

Private publishing, small publishers and a changing media An exhibition on private publishing in Iceland since 1977 will be opened in Þjóðarbókhlaða...

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01.10.2013

The exhibition Outsiders? is prolonged till Sunday October 6th. Welcome!

http://landsbokasafn.is/index.php/news/527/224/Outsiders

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18.09.2013

Art and Culture as Therapy for Alzheimer’s disease Opening of the exhibition and presentation of the book: Narrating memories with Þórarinn...

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11.09.2013

Dr. Andreja Valic Zver gives a paper at the National and University Library of Iceland Monday 16 September, 17–18, on the...

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Outsiders?
10.09.2013

A symposium in connection with an exhibition on outsiders at the National and University Library of Iceland 14 September 2013 at...

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International communism and Iceland
21.08.2013

Exhibition and Lectures at the National and University Library of Iceland Friday 23 August 16–18 Friday 23 August 16-18 the exhibition International...

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05.07.2013

Short English version of the Annual Report 2102 is available on the Library´s website. The report is in a similar format...

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11.06.2013

Yesterday, the staff of the manuscript collection at The National and University Library celebrated the 130 anniversary of Páll Eggert Ólason...

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06.06.2013

The National and University Library of Iceland recently became a member of the Europeana project entitled "Europeana - Newspapers". The purpose...

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04.06.2013

The National and University Library of Iceland have recently implemented an international numbering system for notated music, ISMN, the International Standard...

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Sailor´s day on Sunday
31.05.2013

Bjarni M. Gíslason (1908-1980) was born at Stekkjarbakki, Tálknafjörður, Iceland. He was a sailor as a young man and published his...

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24.04.2013

Users on the University network can now access Westlaw UK - Westlaw International. The user is taken directly into Westlaw UK....

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18.04.2013

Symposium on Eiríkur Magnússon librarian in Cambridge (1833-1913) at the National and University Library of Iceland 20 April 2013 at 14:00-16:30 On Saturday 20...

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26.03.2013

Europeana, the European portal for digitized cultural heritage, now sports a new interface designed to facilitate access to the collections of...

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12.03.2013

Throughout March we offer free access to the database Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present'  which...

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20.02.2013

The manuscript collection recently acquired a Bible that once belonged to Elka Björnsdóttir. Elka was a worker in Reykjavík and wrote...

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20.02.2013

On the 24th of January the private archives of some members of the Icelandic Social Democratic Party were opened to the...

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20.02.2013

Last summer Elsevier of Oxford published an eight-volume scholarly work, Comprehensive Renewable Energy. The work covers all aspects of renewable energy...

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01.02.2013

An exhibition on food and dining culture in Reykjavík in the first half of the 20th century will be opened Friday...

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17.01.2013

A new virtual exhibition at the European Library showcases digitised materials related to scientific progress and discovery during the 19th and...

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12.12.2012

Wednesday 12th of December 2012 at 15:30 an exhibition will be opened in The National and University Library of Iceland celebrating...

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06.12.2012

Last November 30, on the occasion of the library's 18th anniversary, two new websites were formally inaugurated: Historical Maps of Iceland...

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30.10.2012

We remind users on the University network of a trial access to  Cambridge Books Online - eBooks covering subjects from all...

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15.10.2012

The National and University Library of Iceland has signed the Berlin Declaration of Open Access.  Thereby the library confirms its policy...

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12.10.2012

from University Publishing Online provides access to Cambridge Books Online and eBooks from the world renowned publishing programmes of partner presses,...

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