Founding Legislation
Author’s Fund Library Act (1988); updated in 2007.
Method of calculation
Loans based.
Citizenship and/or language requirement
Resident in Iceland and books written in Icelandic.
Eligible material
Books – excluding books with more than 3 authors and books (aside from children’s books) with less than 36 pages; audio-books.
Eligible Recipients
Authors, illustrators, translators, composers.
Managed By
Writers Library Fund.
Libraries Covered
National University library, public, school and institutional libraries funded by government.
