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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Us and the others: Narratives of flight, identity, and integration
A book presentation by Vedran Džihić and Manuela Tomić on the topic of fleeing the Bosnian war and arriving in Austria as part of the Academy Librar’s Wer A.. sagt event series. The evening will be hosted by radio play director and author Andreas Jungwirth.
Book presentation held in German
Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Vienna, University Library, Reading room, M 7
University Library
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Der Holzapfeladam
A reading from the novel about the struggle for humanity and dignity in a cruel world with author Bernhard Moshammer accompanied by music as part of the Academy Librar’s Wer A.. sagt event series
Reading and concert held in German
Schillerplatz 3
1010 Vienna
University Library
Reading room, M 7University Library
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Introduction to the Use of the Library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
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 3
1010 Vienna
University Library
Reading room M7University Library