{"id":362,"date":"2012-01-01T08:30:38","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T08:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/?p=362"},"modified":"2012-01-01T09:54:15","modified_gmt":"2012-01-01T09:54:15","slug":"reykjavik-city-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"Reykjav\u00edk City Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my highlights of last year was to be given a tour around
\nthe Reykjav\u00edk City Library<\/a>, which is housed in a converted
\nwarehouse in the city centre.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0 same building also houses the Reykjav\u00edk Photo Museum<\/a>,
\nand Reykjavik Municipal Archives.<\/p>\n

Just how the library was founded and grew is an interesting history <\/a>in itself.<\/p>\n

Opened in 1919 it was in part funded by the sale of fishing vessels
\nowned by the City to France in 1917.<\/p>\n

Right from the start the\u00a0 library lent out cases of books to ships.<\/p>\n

A Cultural Centre. <\/strong><\/p>\n

What I really like about the library is that it is used both cultural
\nand information centre.<\/p>\n

During the summer the library hosts literary walking tours<\/a>
\naround the centre of\u00a0 Reykjav\u00edk.<\/p>\n

While the \u2018Let\u2019s read the papers!\u2019<\/a> provides guidance for those who
\nwant to read the Icelandic news papers and understand what\u2019s
\ngoing on in Iceland.<\/p>\n

There is also a small cinema area within the library.\u00a0 At the time
\nof my visit it was screening early German films.<\/p>\n

The library works with Art\u00f3teki<\/a>,
\nwhich\u00a0 rents and sells arts works of art\u00a0 by Icelandic artists.<\/p>\n

Library Matters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is a summary of just how the library operates.<\/p>\n

– In all there are 85 library staff in city, with 35 of them based in
\nthe main library.<\/p>\n

– All accessioning and book preparation work is done in house.<\/p>\n

– The library uses a Danish version of the Dewey Classification
\nsystem.<\/p>\n

– The library works in co-operation with other libraries within Iceland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

– It is member of Nordic Camps<\/a> – The Network of Nordic Public Libraries.<\/p>\n

&<\/p>\n

– There is a very good stock of both Manga and none Icelandic
\nbooks which are available for loan.<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough the highest number of\u00a0 immigrants in
\nIceland come from Poland.<\/p>\n

If your ever in Reykjav\u00edk,\u00a0 then you should make sure to pop in to
\nthe library.<\/p>\n

I should also like to thank Einar \u00d3lafsson<\/a> for showing me around
\nthe library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my highlights of last year was to be given a tour around the Reykjav\u00edk City Library, which is housed in a converted warehouse in the city centre. The\u00a0 same building also houses the Reykjav\u00edk Photo Museum, and Reykjavik Municipal Archives. Just how the library was founded and grew is an interesting history in … Continue reading Reykjav\u00edk City Library<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}