International Open Access Week is celebrated from October 20–26, under the theme “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”. The focus is on access...
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WE ARE MANY is an exhibition put on by the Women’s History Archives that celebrates the 50-year anniversary of the collection’s...
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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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The manuscript exhibition World in Words was opened in Edda in November last year. The manuscripts need to be replaced regularly...
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Nominations for the May Star Poetry Prize were presented in Gunnarshús on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. All published Icelandic poetry books...
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A group of Nordic bookbinders is visiting Iceland for the opening of the exhibition Nordic Nature, which is organized by the...
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On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the National Theatre, all of the National Theatre's theater programs from its inception...
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The University of Iceland’s Workshop Against Procrastination will take place on Thursday, March 6th from 5PM-10PM in National and University Library. Instead...
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The Research Services of The National and University Library offer practical tips for PhD students and researchers in weekly webinars, starting...
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The Minister of Culture, Innovation and Universities Logi Már Einarsson has appointed Örn Hrafnkelsson to the position of National Librarian. A...
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On Friday, February 14, Love Letter Day will be held in the Library at the invitation of the Women's History Archives...
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At the "World in Words" exhibition in Edda, people have the opportunity to view manuscripts from various eras. Manuscripts are regularly...
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The exhibition And his wife was opened in the lobby of the library on February 10. On the exhbition there are photographs...
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The exhibition And his wife is organized by Equality Days at the University of Iceland and the Women's History Archives at...
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The Research Services of The National and University Library offer practical tips for PhD students and researchers in weekly webinars, starting...
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Iceland's Women's History Archives was founded on January 1, 1975 by three women: Anna Sigurðardóttir, Elsa Mia Einarsdóttir and Svanlaug Baldursdóttir....
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The collaboration agreement between the National and University Library of Iceland and Iceland Music marks an important milestone in the preservation...
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The 30th anniversary of the library building was celebrated on December 4, and at the same time the publication of the...
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On 14 November the ambassador of Germany in Iceland gave Jón Árnason's printing press manuscripts of Icelandic folk tales and fairy tales...
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A seminar on the mobility of people was held in the lecture hall of the National and University Library on Tuesday,...
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The History Institute of the University of Iceland offers a two-day open forum on the dissemination of history, which opened in...
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Magnús Pálsson visited the National Library of Iceland recently with his wife Frances Cowan and Þórunn Þorgrímsdóttir. Magnús donated material connected...
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The library of the Faculty of Education of the University of Iceland has been merged with the National and University Library...
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The website einkaskjol.is (Private archives) has been temporarily shut down. Inquiries about private archives held by the National Library of Iceland -...
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The website doktor.landsbokasafn.is (Register of doctoral theses of Icelanders) has been closed. All titles that were previously only published on the...
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Last week, a two-week international summer school in manuscript studies ended. The school is a joint project of Árnastofnun, the University...
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The Swedish musicologist Göran Bergendal, who worked for Sveriges Radio for a long time, handed over his data on Icelandic musicians...
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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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There will be a reading from poetry books that have been nominated for the May Star Poetry Award in the Library´s...
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Alfred and Atli, sons of Lothar Grund and Anna Halldórsdóttir, visited the library and the exhibition about their father, Lothar Grund,...
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This week, university library staff from Malta, Greece, Sweden, Poland and Lithuania visited the library. The visit is a part of...
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 (1932-2023), several of his books and one manuscript are now on display in the library. Guðbergur's...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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 recently. Swedenmark lives in Stockholm and has translated novels by numerous Icelandic authors...
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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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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, was formally opened 15 June in the Library. IRIS, the Icelandic Research Information System, was...
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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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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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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, a small selection of her works has been compiled in the library. Guðrún was...
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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 Sigurður Árni Sigurðsson visited the library and handed over a book he made together with the South Korean poet Ko...
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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 celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2021. On the occasion of the anniversary,...
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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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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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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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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 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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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 recently donated Icelandic comics to the National and University Library of Iceland. Atla Hrafney handed the comics...
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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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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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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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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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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 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 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 Award was presented in the National and University Library of Iceland on Wednesday May 27, 2020. The...
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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 Wednesday May 27, due to no cold water in the building from 9-13. We apologize...
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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 – leikminjasafn.is – has been launched. The site includes a database, of theatrical...
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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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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 National and University Library of Iceland, Þjóðarbókhlaðan, will open on May 4 2020, after being closed since March 16, due...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 On New Year‘s Day, the President of Iceland invested Jóhanna Gunnlaugsdóttir professor at the University of Iceland...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 – Gegnir user group held its annual conference on May 23 2019 at Þjóðarbókhlaða. Landskerfi representatives updated conference guests as to...
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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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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 National and Univeristy Library of Iceland, in conjunction with The Writers‘ Union of Iceland has awarded Eva Rún Snorradóttir The...
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On May 13th 2019 the lecture The changing landscape of academic publications in a Nordic context was held at the National and...
Sjá nánarThe travelling print workshop Print & Friends is up and working at the Culture House tonight 8 February between 6 and...
Sjá nánarOn January 24th, The Hungarian Cultural Society in Iceland donated a collection of books to The National and University Library. The...
Sjá nánarA symposium in memory of Halldór Hermannsson, curator at the Fiske Icelandic Collection at Cornell University in the United States will be...
Sjá nánarTo celebrate the 200th anniversary of the National and University Library of Iceland, the Iceland Post issued a National Library of...
Sjá nánarThe Summer school in manuscript studies is a collaboration between the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, the University of Iceland,...
Sjá nánarSigrún Júlíusdóttir, former professor at the University of Iceland and chairman of the Board of the Research Center for Children and...
Sjá nánar32. Conference of European National Librarians took place in Reykjavík Iceland 4th and 5th of June 2018, and in addition the...
Sjá nánarOn March 14th, an exhibition was opened at the National Library in collaboration with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra on the program...
Sjá nánarThe National and University Library of Iceland has launched an information web about Open Access (OA).It´s supposed to be a gateway...
Sjá nánarOn November 9th 2017 The National and University Library of Iceland signed the Expression of Interest in the Large-scale Implementation of...
Sjá nánarIceland 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...
Sjá nánarContact is a new link (at the Menu bar) on the library web. On the site users find: Web chat to chat online...
Sjá nánar10th Annual International Open Access Week, October 23-29, 2017. This year’s theme of “Open in Order to…” is meant to move the...
Sjá nánarOn Friday, 6 October, on the birthday of poet Benedikt Gröndal, an exhibition was opened about him in the library in...
Sjá nánarOn Sunday September 24th at 2:00pm, Gunnar Marel Hinriksson from the National and University Library of Iceland will guide visitors (in...
Sjá nánarOn September 7th, Ásmundur Jónsson, on behalf of Bad Taste Ltd, handed over to The National Library, for possession and preservation,...
Sjá nánarThe activities carried out by the Icelandic Music Museum in Kópavogur and its collection will be transferred to the National Museum...
Sjá nánarAn exhibition about composer Sigvaldi Kaldalóns was opened at the National Library 24 May. The exhibition is in cooperation of the...
Sjá nánarThe National and University Library of Iceland and The Writers´ Union of Iceland have established a new prize for a poetry...
Sjá nánarThe National and University Library of Iceland and the Writers' Union of Iceland have established a new poetry book prize entitled...
Sjá nánarConference in National and University Library of Iceland April 27-28, 2017 The National and University Library of Iceland and IFLA (International Federation...
Sjá nánarThe Icelandic Literary Society premiered in the Library´s lecture hall on Thursday, 6 April a video called Svipþyrping – Svipmyndir úr...
Sjá nánarThe 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...
Sjá nánarZhang Weidong ambassador of China in Iceland had the last lecture in the series about friendly exchanges between China and Iceland....
Sjá nánarThe Icelandic Chinese Cultural Society presented to the library for safekeeping two minutes books, held by the society. One is a...
Sjá nánarUnnur Guðjónsdóttir presented to the library in connection with the exhibition China-Iceland three books on China. Kína – ævintýralandið (China –...
Sjá nánar2017 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...
Sjá nánarOn Tuesdays, during lunch-break, the National and University Library of Iceland offers a series of lectures and events about friendly exchanges between...
Sjá nánarHagþenkir, the Association of Non-fiction and Educational Writers in Iceland conferred on Wednesday 1 March it´s special award for academic work...
Sjá nánarFriday, 3 February, a collection of manuscripts by Ísólfur Palsson (1871-1941) were delivered to the National and University Library of Iceland....
Sjá nánarThe Iceland Consortium for electronic subscriptions presents trial access to four databases on Ebscohost through March 2017, EconLit, Academic Search Ultimate,...
Sjá nánarA license agreement has been reached between the The Iceland Consortium for Electronic Subscriptions and Elsevier for a nationwide access to...
Sjá nánarA large number of the material that the manuscript collection receives today are private archives from the twentieth century. However, the...
Sjá nánarAutumn Evening by Gunnlaugur Scheving 1904-1972. Some of the works in the library are owned by The National Library of Iceland and others...
Sjá nánarA trial access on the HI-net to journals of The Royal Society of Chemistry „Gold journal package“ has been opened for...
Sjá nánarThe National and University Library of Iceland hosted a seminar on open science on the 15th of September. The seminar was...
Sjá nánarThe Writing Centre in the National Library is a cooperative project of the writing centres at the School of Humanities (Hum)...
Sjá nánarAn article about Manfreð Vilhjálmsson architect of the National and University Library of Iceland was recently published in the web-journal T-RANSFER....
Sjá nánarOn the 16th of June a special exhibition on the Great Auk was opened in the Cultural House at Hverfisgata. In...
Sjá nánarThe Icelandic Literary Society celebrates its bicentennial in 2016. On Thursday May 12th, at 14 PM an exhibition opened at the National...
Sjá nánarInn á græna skóga [Into the green woods] – an exhibition of Snorri Hjartarson´s poetry At four o´clock on Friday the 22nd...
Sjá nánarWe 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...
Sjá nánarThe 2016 IIPC (International Internet Preservation Consortium) General Assembly is hosted by the National and University Library of Iceland and taking place...
Sjá nánarIn connection to an exhibition in the library on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Icelandic Bible Society a...
Sjá nánarDid you know that...gegnir.is is now a part of leitir.is?Check out button: „Search in Gegnir“: Searching is limited by materials in...
Sjá nánarWe have new translations of Icelandic literature at the library. Authors, among others, are: Ragnar Jónsson, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Jón...
Sjá nánarThe Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, the National Library and Saga Forlag recently signed a contract for Web publishing rights...
Sjá nánarThere will be some changes to the library pricelist in the new year. The yearly fee for library cards will remain...
Sjá nánarOn Thursday the 17th of December there was signed an agreement between the The National and University Library and The Icelandic...
Sjá nánarFor a short time there is trial access to the database SPORTDiscus with Full Text which indexes and provides full -text...
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A few letters from children are preserved at the National and University Library of Iceland. Some of those letters were on display in...
Sjá nánarWorakot Janemathukom, the representative of the Thai Embassy in Iceland based in Copenhagen, visited the National and University Library of Iceland...
Sjá nánarLegal Organization, Cultural Exchange and Conflicts of the Basque Fisheries in the North Atlantic There is a conference on the Slaying of...
Sjá nánarFor the next two weeks, from April 13 to April 26, a free access will be available to 43 journals in archaeology, conservation and...
Sjá nánarThis report analyses the results of the ENUMERATE Survey Report on Digitisation in Cultural Heritage Institutions 2014 focusing specifically on the...
Sjá nánarBloomsbury Collections (comprising 4,000 titles) is making itself available to all users of the University of Iceland net (hi.is) from today until...
Sjá nánarOn the twentieth anniversary of the library December 1 2014 a website was opened containing the Icelandic bibliography 1534-1844. The history...
Sjá nánarAn 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 from the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in connection with the International New Chaucer Congress 2014 In connection with...
Sjá nánarAn exhibition on paper and vellum manuscripts has been opened in the National and University Library of Iceland. The Manuscript department...
Sjá nánarAn international conference on the Dewey classification system will be held in the lecture room of the National and University Library...
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On Saturday the 8 March an exhibition on writer, sculptor and actress Melitta Urbanic (1902-1984) was opened in the National and...
Sjá nánarThe National and University Library of Iceland has published a brochure explaining the Library´s policy 2013-2017. Early in 2013 the National and...
Sjá nánarOn Thursday the 12th of December representatives from The National and University Library of Iceland and Steinshús ses – a private...
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On November 16th, the birthday of the poet Jónas Hallgrímsson, Icelanders celebrate a national day honouring the Icelandic language. On the...
Sjá nánarThe drawings of Tryggvi Magnússon presented to The National and University Library of Iceland. On November 13th the National Librarian, Ingibjörg Steinunn...
Sjá nánarPrivate 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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The exhibition Outsiders? is prolonged till Sunday October 6th. Welcome!
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Sjá nánarArt and Culture as Therapy for Alzheimer’s disease Opening of the exhibition and presentation of the book: Narrating memories with Þórarinn...
Sjá nánarDr. 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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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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Exhibition and Lectures at the National and University Library of Iceland Friday 23 August 16–18 Friday 23 August 16-18 the exhibition International...
Sjá nánarShort English version of the Annual Report 2102 is available on the Library´s website. The report is in a similar format...
Sjá nánarYesterday, the staff of the manuscript collection at The National and University Library celebrated the 130 anniversary of Páll Eggert Ólason...
Sjá nánarThe National and University Library of Iceland recently became a member of the Europeana project entitled "Europeana - Newspapers". The purpose...
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Bjarni M. Gíslason (1908-1980) was born at Stekkjarbakki, Tálknafjörður, Iceland. He was a sailor as a young man and published his...
Sjá nánarUsers on the University network can now access Westlaw UK - Westlaw International. The user is taken directly into Westlaw UK....
Sjá nánarSymposium 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...
Sjá nánarEuropeana, the European portal for digitized cultural heritage, now sports a new interface designed to facilitate access to the collections of...
Sjá nánarThroughout March we offer free access to the database Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present' which...
Sjá nánarThe manuscript collection recently acquired a Bible that once belonged to Elka Björnsdóttir. Elka was a worker in Reykjavík and wrote...
Sjá nánarOn the 24th of January the private archives of some members of the Icelandic Social Democratic Party were opened to the...
Sjá nánarLast summer Elsevier of Oxford published an eight-volume scholarly work, Comprehensive Renewable Energy. The work covers all aspects of renewable energy...
Sjá nánarAn exhibition on food and dining culture in Reykjavík in the first half of the 20th century will be opened Friday...
Sjá nánarA new virtual exhibition at the European Library showcases digitised materials related to scientific progress and discovery during the 19th and...
Sjá nánarWednesday 12th of December 2012 at 15:30 an exhibition will be opened in The National and University Library of Iceland celebrating...
Sjá nánarLast November 30, on the occasion of the library's 18th anniversary, two new websites were formally inaugurated: Historical Maps of Iceland...
Sjá nánarWe remind users on the University network of a trial access to Cambridge Books Online - eBooks covering subjects from all...
Sjá nánarThe National and University Library of Iceland has signed the Berlin Declaration of Open Access. Thereby the library confirms its policy...
Sjá nánarfrom University Publishing Online provides access to Cambridge Books Online and eBooks from the world renowned publishing programmes of partner presses,...
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