Árbók Landsbókasafns Íslands - Nýr flokkur - 01.01.1990, Side 93

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Úr bréfum til Halldóru Bjarnadóttur. Nanna Ólafsdóttir bjó til prentunar.
Landsbókasafn íslands. Árbók. Nýrflokkur 14 (1988). Rv. 1990, pp. 55-77.
A selection of letters written to Halldóra Bjarnadóttir by friends and acquain-
tances in the years 1932 to 1954 is published here. The subject matter of those
letters is varied, reflecting her many fields ofinterest and diverse contacts.
The discussion in the letters ranges therefore from domestic crafts (needle-
work, weaving, knitting, etc.) and the publication and distribution of the annual
journal Hlín to the upbringing of children and education, women’s associations
and topics conductive to the increased awareness of women and progress in
general.
A letter written by Halldóra Bjarnadóttir to Professor Sigurður Nordal in 1968
is included at the end.
Landsbókasafnið 1988 [a report]. Landsbókasafn íslands. Árbók. Nýr flokkur 14
(1988). Rv. 1990, pp. 78-90.
Accessions. At the end of the year, the number of printed books in the National
Library was, according to the accessions catalogue, 399,182 volumes. Accessions
to the National Department were 5027, but 1661 voiumes to the Department of
Foreign Literature. As before, a great number of books were given to the library
or acquired through exchanges (cf. a list on pp. 78-81).
Department of Manuscripts. There were 49 new entries in the accessions
catalogue during the year. Several of those who gave manuscripts to the National
Library during the year are listed on pp. 81-84.
Exhibitions. An exhibition of the works of Jón Arnason, folklorist and librarian,
was held in the hall of the National Library building to commemorate the lOOth
anniversary of his death on September 4, 1888. The old library building in Flatey
(an island in the West of Iceland) was opened on 6 August after restoration. On
this occasion an exhibition of manuscripts and books in the collection of the
Flatey Institute for Progress, now in the National Library, was held in Flatey.
Computerization. Work continued in preparation of the selection of a computer
system for the National Library and the University Library. A contract was
negotiated with the British company Saztek that undertook to convert about
200,000 card catalogue entries into machine-readable form.