The library is the Library of the University of Iceland and according to a service contract signed with the University, students hold a priority on study carrells on 3rd and 4th floor during examination periods. Students at UI receive a library card free of charge and some services for half-price, such as interlibrary loans and rental of facilities (see fees).
Skemman is a digital repository for final theses of students of all Icelandic students (bachelor and masters). A student who plans to graduate from the University of Iceland must submit a digital copy of the final thesis to Skemman, see Article 54 of Rules for the University of Iceland no. 569/2009. Skemman is an open access repository and students are encouraged to keep their theses open when possible. Some departments at UI have set their own rules concerning access to final theses and students are advised to familiarize themselves with instructions concerning the final theses in their departments. Besides a copy of the thesis, the student must submit to Skemman a declaration of access.
Instructions on submissions to Skemman.
Doctoral dissertations shall be submitted to the Opin Vísindi Repository.
Instructions on submission to Opin Vísindi.
The library's LibGuides include instructions on information search, bibliographic reference and the use of databases, along with links to many types of information material. Special guides are available for many subject areas.
The Library operates a library for the Legal Department of the University of Iceland, located on the 3rd floor of Lögberg. The School of Education has its own library in Stakkahlíð and the Health Science Library of the National Hospital and the University of Iceland is located at Eirbergi, the National Hospital by Hringbraut.
Students registered for distance learning at the University of Iceland hold the same rights and duties concerning library use as other students, and an effort is made to provide them with comparable services. Distance learning students outside the capital region can have books sent to them by mail and the Library pays the postage one way. Requests for book dispatches can be sent by email to utlan (hja) landsbokasafn.is or by contacting the Circulation Department by telephone 525-5681.
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