initially the aim was to limit access to newspapers published before 1930 to avoid questions of copyright but shortly afterwards the project made an agreement with morgunblaðið to scan and publish all of their issues to the year 2000. this agreement was followed with others involving both current and defunct newspapers published in the 20th century. newspapers published after 2000 are usually sent to the library in digital format. the general rule, depending on agreements with each publisher, is to make these available 2–3 years after their initial publication.