Árbók Landsbókasafns Íslands - Nýr flokkur - 01.01.1988, Side 83

ENGLISH SUMMARY
Ólafur F. Hjartar: Skrá um doktorsritgerðir íslendinga, prentaðar og óprentaðar,
1981-1985. Ennfremur Doktorsritgerðir 1666-1980. Viðauki. Landsbókasafn íslands.
Árbók. Nýr flokkur 12 (1986). Rv. 1988, pp 5—39.
A catalogue ofdoctoral dissertations written by Icelanders 1666-1980 appeared in
the Yearbook of the National Library for 1981. The present catalogue covers the
years 1981-1985 and lists 166 dissertations submitted to universities in the following
13 countries: Sweden (50), the United States (47), England (31), Germany (10),
France (6), Scotland (6), Canada (6), Iceland (3), Norway (3), Denmark (1),
Finland (1), Austria (1), South Africa (1). The catalogue is arranged in alphabetical
order (according to authors). Following the book description, there is the date of the
oral examination or the date the degree was awarded, and the name of the
university. The main catalogue is followed by a classified section.
Eleven doctors are included in an addition to the 1981 catalogue. They submitted
their dissertations to universities in the following countries: England (4), France (3),
the United States (2), Germany (1), Finland (1).
Jón Steffensen: Jón læknir Pétursson og lækningabók hans. Landsbókasafn lslands.
Árbók. Nýr flokkur 12 (1986). Rv. 1988, pp. 40-49.
A study of some of the works of physician Jón Pétursson (1733-1801), especially
his Lœkningabók [book of medicine], but a manuscript containing his medical works
was presented to the Nesstofa museum in 1985. An account is given of Jón
Pétursson’s life and the provenance of this manuscript, and the manuscript is
described briefly with reference to other manuscripts of the Lekningabók, which are
owned by the National Library, and the Hólar edition of 1782.
Finnbogi Guðmundsson: Um varðveizlu bókakosts og annarra gagna. Erindi flutt
á fundi Félags bókavarða í rannsóknarbókasöfnum. Landsbókasafn íslands. Árbók. Nýr
Jlokkur 12 (1986). Rv. 1988, pp. 50-57.
A lecture given at a meeting of the Society of [Icelandic] Research Librarians,
summarizing some interesting papers read at the Conference on Preservation of
Library Materials held in Vienna, Austria, on April 7-10, 1986, including the
summary paper by Mr Rutherford Rogers and papers by Mr Hisashi Takeuchi,
Professor Ashin Das Gupta, and Ms Lourdes Blanco. The resolutions of the
conference are discussed brieflv.