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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

  • Between Heaven and Earth: Flat Roof, Roof Terrace, Roof Garden.

    Author Eva Berger presents the book Flachdach, Dachterrasse, Dachgarten. Eine kleine Wiener Geschichte des Wohnens “zwischen Himmel und Erde” as part of the Academy Library’s event series Wer A… sagt

    Book presentation held in German

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    Color cover of the book “Flachdach, Dachterrasse, Dachgarten” [Flat roof, roof terrace, roof garden] by Eva Berger. In the upper third we find the author's name, title and subtitle. A detail from a gouache by an unknown artist with a member of the family of Emperor Franz II/I on the roof garden of the Hofburg (around 1796, Wien Museum Inv. No. 95.070) adorns the lower section.
  • Rouven Dürr – Quader

    An exhibition on the significance of sculpture between geometric form and the primacy of experience as part of the Academy Library‘s Wer A.. sagt series.

    Exhibition

    Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Vienna, University Library, Reading room, M 7

    University Library

    The color photograph shows four concrete sculptures in different shades of grey by Rouven Dürr, each composed of two to three cuboids. They stand on a simple table consisting of a wooden top and trestles. The studio wall in the background shows splashes of paint, the word “schauen” [look] written in delicate capitals is recognizable.
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