The library provides public access computers for the users of the library.

You are welcome to use the handbook collection in the reading room.

There is a number of study tables in the reading room. At each table you find plugs and you have access to the network as well as free wifi.

You are welcome to work with materials such as documents and books from the Faroese Colllection which can not be taken out of the house, ask the staff for help.

Access for disabled people Parking for disabled people is available right in front of the library. There are no tresholds in the building so wheelchairs are no hindrance.

Circulation

From the entrance hall of the first floor you walk up the stairs into the library.

The service desk on the 2nd floor is open from 10 – 18, Mon. – Thu. 10 - 17, Fri. (The Library is open from 8:30 am).

At the service desk one can borrow books and return items, reserve material and get guidance and assistance. The staff provides general services and attend library business and requires at the desk and through telephone and email. The email address of the circulation service is utlan@landsbokasavnid.fo.

It is possible to renew loans up to six times if no other borrower is waiting for the material. By registering into bokasavn.fo the users can renew their loans. See Bókasavn.fo.

In the library there is a common reading space, a reading room and a special reading desk for the Preservation Section. Materials from the Faroese National Collection can be used at any available table in the reading space and room, but manuscripts and materials from private archives are only to be used at the special reading desk. The common reading space and the reading room has about 30 working tables, two of which have computers to work on.

Visitors are requested to register their name in the guest book and leave their over-coat and bag in wardrobes or closets in the entrance hall before entering the reading area.

Faroese National Collection

Requests for items for the reading room, can be sent through an email or by filling out a request at the service desk and then the staff finds the requested material for you. The material forms a part of the Preservation Section and is therefore not for circulation.

All materials in the collections are to be found at Bókasavn.fo.

DON'T BUY BORROW

The National Library has decided to lend bags along with the books. The loan period is 30 days, just like a regular book loan.

The purpose of this campaign is to limit the concumption of plastic bags in order to reduce plastic pollution. This is in line with the 17 United Nation Sustainable Development framework of which is about protecting nature.

Remember the library card.