Iceland joined CLARIN ERIC on February 1st, 2020, after having been an observer since November 2018. The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture assigned The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies the role of leading partner in the Icelandic National Consortium and appointed Professor Emeritus Eiríkur Rögnvaldsson as National Coordinator, later replaced by Starkaður Barkarson, a project manager at The Árni Magnússon Institute. Most of the relevant institutions participate in the CLARIN-IS National Consortium.
The Árni Magnússon Institute has already established a Metadata Providing Centre (CLARIN C-Centre) which hosts metadata for Icelandic language resources and makes them available through the Virtual Language Observatory. The aim is to establish a Service Providing Centre (CLARIN B-Centre) which will provide both service and access to resources and knowledge.