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Republic of Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

National libraries

Austrian National Library The Austrian National Library (, ) is the largest library in Austria, with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the Hofburg#Neue Burg, Neue Burg Wing of the Hofburg in Innere Stadt, center of Vienna. Sin ...

(''Österreichische Nationalbibliothek''), Vienna *

Austrian Academy of Sciences The Austrian Academy of Sciences (; ÖAW) is a legal entity under the special protection of the Republic of Austria. According to the statutes of the Academy its mission is to promote the sciences and humanities in every respect and in every fi ...

Library (''Bibliothek der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften''), Vienna

Government libraries

* Administrative Library of the Austrian Federal Chancellery (''Administrative Bibliothek des Bundes''), Vienna * Federal Educational Library for Lower Austria (''Bundesstaatliche Pädagogische Bibliothek für Niederösterreich''), St. Pölten * Library of the Federal Institute for Agriculture, (''Bibliothek der Bundesanstalt für Agrarwirtschaft''), Vienna

State and regional libraries

* Burgenländische Landesbibliothek,

Burgenland Burgenland (; ; ; Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland''; Slovene language, Slovene: ''Gradiščanska''; ) is the easternmost and least populous Bundesland (Austria), state of Austria. It consists of two statutory city (Austria), statut ...

* Kärntner Landesbibliothek,

Carinthia Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...

* Niederösterreichische Landesbibliothek,

Lower Austria Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which ...

* Oberösterreichische Landesbibliothek,

Upper Austria Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur ...

* Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Salzburg,

Salzburg Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...

* Steiermärkische Landesbibliothek,

Steiermark Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and clockwise, from the southwest, ...

* Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol, Tirol * Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek,

Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest popu ...

* Wienbibliothek im Rathaus, the library of the city and state of

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

City libraries

* Büchereien Wien, the municipal library system of Vienna * Stadtbücherei

Bregenz Bregenz (; ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost states of Austria, state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switzerland in the wes ...

* Stadtbücherei

Dornbirn Dornbirn () is a city in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is the administrative centre for the district of Dornbirn, which also includes the town of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau. Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlb ...

* Stadtbücherei

Eisenstadt Eisenstadt (; ; ; or ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Austria, Austrian state of Burgenland. With a population of 15,074 (as of 2023), it is the smallest state capital and the 38th-largest city in Austria overall. It lies at the foot o ...

* Stadtbibliothek Feldkirch * Stadtbibliothek

Graz Graz () is the capital of the Austrian Federal states of Austria, federal state of Styria and the List of cities and towns in Austria, second-largest city in Austria, after Vienna. On 1 January 2025, Graz had a population of 306,068 (343,461 inc ...

* Stadtbücherei

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

* Stadtbücherei

Leonding Leonding () is a town southwest of Linz in the States of Austria, Austrian state of Upper Austria. It borders Puchenau and the river Danube in the north, Wilhering and Pasching in the west, Traun in the south and Linz in the east. Leonding is the ...

* Stadtbibliothek

Linz Linz (Pronunciation: , ; ) is the capital of Upper Austria and List of cities and towns in Austria, third-largest city in Austria. Located on the river Danube, the city is in the far north of Austria, south of the border with the Czech Repub ...

* Stadtbibliothek

* Stadtbücherei St. Pölten * Stadtbücherei

Steyr Steyr (; ) is a statutory city (Austria), statutory city, located in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria. It is the administrative capital, though not part of Steyr-Land District. Steyr is Austria's 12th most populated town and the 3rd lar ...

* Stadtbücherei

Wels Wels (; Central Bavarian: ''Wös'') is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of approximately 60,000, the List of cities and towns in Austria, eighth largest city in Aus ...

* Stadtbücherei Wiener Neustadt

Specialized libraries

* Admont Abbey Library * Altenburg Abbey Library *

ANNO (Austrian Newspapers Online) AustriaN Newspapers Online (ANNO) is a project run by the Austrian National Library (''Österreichische Nationalbibliothek'') for the conservation of historic newspapers, whereby particularly important and popular newspapers are scanned in and made ...

, an online library * Bibliothek von unten, a left-wing, alternative library in Vienna * Esperanto library, Vienna * Austrian Chamber of Labor Library for Social Sciences, Vienna * Fotohof, a contemporary photography library in Salzburg * Klosterneuburg Abbey Library * Kremsmünster Abbey Library * Melk Abbey Library * Michaelbeuern Abbey Library * Saint Paul's Abbey, Lavanttal

Higher education libraries

Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...

* Bibliothek der Fachhochschule St. Pölten * Bibliothek der Fachhochschule Vorarlberg * Fachhochschulbibliothek Kärnten

Hochschule ' (, plural: ') is the generic term in German for institutions of higher education, corresponding to ''universities'' and ''colleges'' in English. The term ''Universität'' (plural: ''Universitäten'') is reserved for institutions with the right t ...

* Bibliothek der Hochschule für Agrar- und Umweltpädagogik Vienna * Bibliothek der Philosophisch-Theologischen Hochschule St. Pölten

Universities

* University Library of Vienna (''Universitätsbibliothek Wien''), the largest research library in Austria * University Library of Graz (''Universitätsbibliothek Graz''),

* Universitätsbibliothek

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (; ) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. It is the largest education facility in the Austrian States of Austria, ...

* Universitätsbibliothek University of Klagenfurt * Library, University for Continuing Education Krems,

Krems an der Donau Krems an der Donau (, ) is a city in Lower Austria, Austria. With a population of 24,821, it is the 20th-largest city of Austria and fifth-largest of Lower Austria. It is approximately west of Vienna. Krems is a city with its own statute (or '' ...

* Universitätsbibliothek

University of Leoben The Technical University of Leoben is a public university in Leoben, Styria, Austria. It was established on 4 November 1840 as the ''Steiermärkisch-Ständische Montanlehranstalt'' in Vordernberg, Styria, Austria's mining region. In 1849, Peter ...

* Universitätsbibliothek University of Linz * Universitätsbibliothek Mozarteum Salzburg * Universitätsbibliothek

University of Salzburg The University of Salzburg (, ), also known as the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (''Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg'', PLUS), is an Austrian public university in Salzburg, Salzburg municipality, Salzburg (federal state), Salzburg State, ...

* Universitätsbibliothek der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien * Universitätsbibliothek der Medizinischen Universität Wien * Universitätsbibliothek der Technischen Universität Wien * Universitätsbibliothek der Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien * Universitätsbibliothek der Universität für Bodenkultur Wien * Universitätsbibliothek der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien * Universitätsbibliothek der Veterinärmedizinischen Universität Wien * Universitätsbibliothek der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/bib/ Universitätsbibliothek der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Library organizations

* Österreichischer Bibliothekenverbund, catalogue and service collaboration for Austrian libraries

References

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State and regional libraries

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Specialized libraries

Higher education libraries

Fachhochschule A (; plural ), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a Hochschule, German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts, such as engineering, te ...

Hochschule ' (, plural: ') is the generic term in German for institutions of higher education, corresponding to ''universities'' and ''colleges'' in English. The term ''Universität'' (plural: ''Universitäten'') is reserved for institutions with the right t ...

Universities

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References

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