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University Library – Vacations at the turn of the year 2023/2024

The University Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is on vacation. The Main Library and the Branch Library at the Institute for Education in the Arts will be closed from December 22, 2023 to January 7, 2024. 

General opening hours of the Main Library: 
Monday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. 
Tuesday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. 
Wednesday: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. 
Friday: 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Opening hours of the Main Library during Rundgang 2024: 
Thursday, 18 Jan 2024: 4–8 p.m. 
Friday, 19 Jan 2024: 10 a.m.–8 p.m.

For more information on the opening hours and closing times of the Main Library and the Branch Library at the Institute for Education in the Arts, please refer to the University Library menu or the search engine of the online catalog www.akbild.ac.at/bib-search.

During closing hours, media on loan may be returned using the return box located next to the entrance door of the reading room (M 7).

For acquisition requests, please use the form on the homepage or send them directly to: erwerbung@akbild.ac.at.

We provide information about services of the A...cademy Library at www.akbild.ac.at/bib-services.

Please send your questions to the library team to entlehnung@akbild.ac.at.

Events January 2024 

17 Jan 2024, 6 p.m. 
Fabian Seiz – Exact Secrets 
Exhibition opening as part of the Wer A… sagt event series.

18 Jan 2024, 4 p.m. – Rundgang 2024 
Ten exact questions about ten exact secrets 
A conversation between the artist and Patrizia Wiesner-Ledermann about the works on display as part of the exhibition Fabian Seiz – Exact Secrets.

19 Jan 2024, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. – Rundgang 2024 
A book for Hemayat 
The University Library's charity book bazaar for the benefit of the non-profit organization Hemayat, a center for psychotherapy, psychological consulting, and medical support for survivors of war and torture.

19 Jan 2024, 2–4 p.m. – Rundgang 2024 
Branch Library at the Institute for Education in the Arts – Opening and Presentation 
Opening and presentation of the newly designed library at the Institute for Education in the Arts with Michael Herbst and Andreas Ferus.