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Ritstjómargrein ...................................... 3
Bókavörður og bókafulltrúi — viðtal við Hagalín .. 4
Herborg Gestsdóttir: Ávarp, flutt á afmælishátíð
Bókavarðafélags íslands, 6. september 1980 .... 11
Kristín H. Pétursdóttir: Um Þjónustumiðstöð bóka-
safna ............................................. 13
Villy Rolst: Skipulag bókasafna ...................... 15
Olav Zakariassen: Hlutur almenningsbókasafna í
menningar- og upplýsingamiðlun .................... 19
Þórir Ragnarsson: Samstarfsnefnd um upplýsinga-
mál — yfirlit um starfsemina 1/8 1979 — 31/12
1981 ...................................... 21
Almenningsbókasöfn 1979 .................. 22
Frá NORDINFO .............................. 35
Á forsíðu: Uppdráttur fslands með merktum almennings-
bókasöfnum, í skrifstofu bókafulltrúa ríkisins.
6. tbl. frá upphafi.
ENGLISH SUMMARY
Editorial ................................................. 3
An interview with author Guðmundur G. Hagalín, who has
been particularly influential in the development of public
libraries in Iceland. He describes his interest in books and
libraries when he was a young man and his work as Chief
Librarianof the ísafjörður Public Library in 1929—1946.
He goes on to discuss the public libraries legislation of
1955, but he investigated the conditions of public libraries
before the Bill became law and made important contri-
butions to its drafting. Subsequently he became Director
of Public Libraries, a post he held until 1969. During that
time he introduced numerous innovations and reforms in
the workings and organization of public libraries ...... 4
Herborg Gestsdóttir: An address given at a banquet on the
occasion of the anniversary of the Icelandic Library As-
sociation on Septemberó, 1980. A lighthearted discussion
of libraries and librarians of the past, the origin of the
Icelandic Library Association and its subsequent devel-
opment ................................................. 11
Kristín H. Pétursdóttir: On the Icelandic Library Bureau.
The Icelandic Library Bureau was set up in 1978 and was
opened in 1979. It is a self-supporting concem owned by
the Icelandic Library Association and the Association of
Professional Librarians. The Icelandic Library Bureau
aims at providing the libraries in the country with differ-
ent kinds of services like similar bureaux do in neigh-
bouring countries. The various services are now at differ-
ent stages of development. The most extensive service was
from the beginning the central cataloguing of Icelandic
publications, which is offered in co-operation with the
National Department of the National Library of Iceland.
In the future the Library Bureau is expected to become
part of the National Centre for Educational Materials. . 13
Villy Rolst: The organization of libraries. H. Faulkner-
Brown’s principles of library organization and the main
outlines of such an organization are discussed as well as
the contribution of libraries to society in general..... 15
Olav Zakariassen: The part played by public libraries in the
disseminaúon of culture and information. The co-oper-
ation of libraries in this field and a description of how it
has been established in Norway......................... 19
Þórir Ragnarsson: The Icelandic Committee for Information
— a review of its activities 1/8 1979 — 31/12 1981. The
committee was appointed in 1979 by the Minister of
Education. The main duty of the committee is to advise in
the field of information and to encourage co-operation
between libraries ánd institutions in that field as well as to
further contacts with foreign and intemational organ-
izations that are concemed with information work. The
most important tasks of the committee during the period
are described.......................................... 21
Public libraries 1979. In 1979 there were 247 public libraries
on record in Iceland. A new public libraries legislation
came into effect in 1976, the local councils becoming fully
responsible for the building and running of libraries.
Some of the councils have done well — others less so. For
the benefit of public libraries the country is now divided
into forty districts, each having a central library respon-
sible for services to other libraries in the district, but none
of them is at present able to offer the services required by
law. A committee appointed by the Minister of Education
is now working on comprehensive proposals for the
development of public libraries........................ 22
News from NORDINFO. NORDINFO is a Nordic insti-
tution in the field of research libraries and information
service. It was set up in 1977 and is located in Finland.
NORDINFO is to promote work in this field and distrib-
utes money granted by the Nordic Council of Ministers
for this purpose. NORDINFO has recently started to
publish a series describing projects its supports. The first
numbers are being described here.......................... 35
Front cover: A map of Iceland showing public libraries in Iceland.
BÓKASAFNIÐ is published by the Director of Public Libraries, The
Library Association and the Association of Professional Librarians.
Address: BÓKASAFNIÐ — P.O. Box 7050 — 127 Reykjavík —
Iceland.
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