About us
The University Library is a bridge thrown between the Academy and the general public. It is a place of information, work, and communication for researchers, students, teachers, and everybody interested in art and science, covering a range of varied tasks, including, among others: the establishment, operation, and development of analog and digital infrastructures and services for the advancement of education, science, art, and culture in close cooperation with national and international archival, library, information, and museum institutions as well as other interest groups; the support of teaching, research, study, and administration as well as the Academy’s art collections; the collection, storage, indexing, and, wherever possible, barrier-free provision and communication of analog and digital data, information, and cultural heritage; the provision of literature to faculty, staff and students as well as the interested public; the conveyance of information, digital and publishing literacy, as well as the establishment of a platform for the purpose of knowledge transfer and education on art and culture.
Upcoming Events
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Introduction to the Use of the Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (in German)
An introduction to the use of the A...cademy Library's holdings with Patrizia Wiesner-Ledermann as part of the WissensWert series.
Introduction held in German
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Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)
University Library
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Introduction to the Use of the Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (in English)
An introduction to the use of the A...cademy Library's holdings with Patrizia Wiesner-Ledermann as part of the WissensWert series.
Introduction held in English
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Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)
University Library
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Milena Nights – A Literary Reading Evening
Christoph Salcher, Katharina Tiwald, and Peter Waldeck present the Viennese Milena Verlag and read from new and old works as part of the Academy Library’s event series Wer A… sagt.
Lecture
Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)
University Library
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Goose Quill, Squiggle, Ink Blot – Reading and Writing Kurrent Script
A three-unit Kurrent workshop of the University Archives with Ulrike Hirhager as part of the Academy Library’s WissensWert event series
Free course held in German
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Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)
University Library