Skipurit Landsbókasafns íslands - Háskólabókasafns c Menntamálaráðuneyti Stjórn Landsbókavörður Sigrún Klara Hannesdóttir Aðstoðarlandsbókavörður Þorsteinn Hallgrímsson Rekstrarsvið EddaG. Björgvinsdóttir r» Framkvæmdaráð Þjónustusvið Áslaug Agnarsdóttir Upplýsinga- deild Halldóra Þorsteinsdóttir V_______________________/ Útlánadeild Bryndís Ingvarsdóttir Safnráð Varðveislusvið Kristín Bragadóttir Þjóðdeild Þorleifur Jónsson V______________J Handritadeild Örn Hrafnkelsson Summary Knowledge Provider in the North : The Natíonal and University Library facing the future The National and University Library of Iceland is celebrating its lOth anniversary in 2004. In 1994 it was formed after the amalgamation of two older libraries, the National Library and the Main Library of the University of Iceland, and moved into a new and beautiful building. The Library has a double role, one as the national library with all the obli- gations related to deposit legislation and the preservation of the national collections, and the other as a university library providing information for teaching and research in all subjects taught at the University of Iceland. The year 2002 saw the beginning of a series of changes with the arrival of a new National Librarian and a new Board of Directors. The work on a new strategy was initiated in 2002 and the strategy for the period 2003-2006 was accepted by the Board in March of 2003. In the strategy, the Library is defmed as a knowledge provider, comparable to the providers of energy and water that supply users with the required goods to their homes, a strategy that calls for emphasis on electronic services. The future vision is that Icelanders should have easy access to knowledge and information that equals the best in the world. Following the strategy, a new organisational structure was introduced in October of 2003 where three divisions were created and all the activities of the Library were placed under these divisions. These are: Division of Services, Division of National Collections, and Division of Admini- stration. The three new directors were all appointed from within the Library staff. They are financially and professi- onally responsible for the activities that have been placed under each division, and along with the national librarian and the deputy librarian, form the Executive Board that meets weekly to coordinate activities, inform of new development within each Division and make decisions. The second main change in the new organisation is that pro- fessional activities are now divided into sections and a leader has been appointed to organise and lead the activi- ties within each section. The purpose of these changes is to involve professionals more in the day-to-day admini- stration and at the same time give them the power of decision-making that concems their particular area. BÓKASAFNIÐ 28. ÁRG. 2004 33
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