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Republic of Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ci ...

. A more extensive list is available on the German Wikipedia.

National libraries

Austrian National Library The Austrian National Library (german: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek) is the largest library in Austria, with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the Neue Burg Wing of the Hofburg in center of V ...

(''Österreichische Nationalbibliothek''), Vienna * Austrian Academy of Sciences 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 (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Gradiščanska'') is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria. It consists of two statutory cities and seven rural districts, with a total of ...

* Kärntner Landesbibliothek, Carinthia * Niederösterreichische Landesbibliothek,

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

* Oberösterreichische Landesbibliothek,

Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or 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, an ...

* Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Salzburg,

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

* Steiermärkische Landesbibliothek, Steiermark * Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol,

Tirol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

* Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek,

Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label=Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , 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 ...

Wienbibliothek im Rathaus The Wienbibliothek im Rathaus ( en, Vienna Library in City Hall), formerly known as the ''Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek'' ( en, Vienna City and State Library), is a library and archive containing important documents related to the history of V ...

, the library of the city and state of

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

City libraries

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

Bregenz Bregenz (; gsw, label= Vorarlbergian, Breagaz ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switze ...

* 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 Vorarlberg ...

* Stadtbücherei

Eisenstadt Eisenstadt (; hu, Kismarton; hr, Željezni grad; ; sl, Železno, Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ''Eisnstod'') is a city in Austria, the state capital of Burgenland. It had a recorded population on 29 April 2021 of 15,074. In the Habsburg ...

* Stadtbibliothek

Feldkirch Feldkirch may refer to: Places * Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, a medieval city and capital of an administrative district in Austria ** Feldkirch (district), an administrative division of Vorarlberg, Austria * Feldkirch (Hartheim), a village in the munici ...

* Stadtbibliothek

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...

* Stadtbücherei

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (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 ...

* Stadtbücherei

Leonding Leonding () is a city southwest of Linz in the 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. With a population of more than 27 ...

* Stadtbibliothek

Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital of ...

* Stadtbibliothek

* Stadtbücherei

St. Pölten ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy ...

* Stadtbücherei

Steyr Steyr (; Central Bavarian: ''Steia'') is a 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 l ...

* 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 eighth largest city in Austria. Geography Wels is in the H ...

* Stadtbücherei

Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt (; ; Central Bavarian: ''Weana Neistod'') is a city located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land Distr ...

Specialized libraries

Admont Abbey Library The Admont Abbey Library ( Deutsch: Stiftsbibliothek Admont) is a monastic library located in Admont, a small town next to the Enns River in Austria, and is attached to the Admont Abbey. Admont Abbey Library is the largest monastic library in th ...

Altenburg Abbey Library Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...

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 The following Esperanto libraries and collections of works in the Esperanto language are worthy of note: *The Montagu Butler Library of Esperanto materials, maintained by the Esperanto Association of Britain. This holds some 12,500 books as well ...

, Vienna * Austrian Chamber of Labor Library for Social Sciences, Vienna *

Fotohof Fotohof is a Salzburg-based non-commercial gallery and publishing company specialising in contemporary fine art photography. Its sponsoring body is the Association for the Promotion of Auteur Photography, founded in 1981. FOTOHOF ''gallery'' ...

, a contemporary photography library in Salzburg * Klosterneuburg Abbey Library *

Kremsmünster Abbey Kremsmünster Abbey (german: Stift Kremsmünster) is a Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster in Upper Austria. History The monastery was founded in 777 AD by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria. According to the foundation legend, Tassilo founded th ...

Library * Melk Abbey Library *

Michaelbeuern Abbey Michaelbeuern Abbey (german: Abtei Michaelbeuern) is a Benedictine monastery in Dorfbeuern near Salzburg in Austria. History A monastic cell existed here as early as 736 or thereabouts, referred to in the Aachen Monastery Register(''"Klosterverze ...

Library *

Saint Paul's Abbey, Lavanttal Saint Paul's Abbey in Lavanttal (german: Stift St. Paul im Lavanttal) is a Benedictine monastery established in 1091 near the present-day market town of Sankt Paul im Lavanttal in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The premises centered on the Rom ...

Higher education libraries

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

* 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 to ...

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

Universities

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

University Library of Graz The University of Graz Library (german: Universitätsbibliothek Graz), in Graz, Austria is the largest scientific and public library in Styria and the third largest in Austria. It holds the right of legal deposit. It is part of the University o ...

(''Universitätsbibliothek Graz''),

* Universitätsbibliothek

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

* Universitätsbibliothek

University of Klagenfurt The University of Klagenfurt (german: Universität Klagenfurt or ''Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt'', AAU) is a federal Austrian research university and the largest research and higher education institution in the state of Carinthia. It has it ...

* Library,

University for Continuing Education Krems The University for Continuing Education Krems () is an Austrian university specializing in further education for working professionals. It is located in Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria. Name The Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Re ...

Krems an der Donau Krems an der Donau () is a town of 23,992 inhabitants in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria. It is the fifth-largest city of Lower Austria and is approximately west of Vienna. Krems is a city with its own statute (or '' Statutarstad ...

* Universitätsbibliothek

University of Leoben The University of Leoben (German: ''Montanuniversität Leoben'') in Austria is the country's university for mining, metallurgy and materials. It was founded on 4 November 1840 as the ''Steiermärkisch-Ständische Montanlehranstalt'' in Vordernbe ...

* Universitätsbibliothek

University of Linz The Johannes Kepler University Linz (German: ''Johannes Kepler Universität Linz'', short: ''JKU'') is a public institution of higher education in Austria. It is located in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. It offers bachelor's, master's, d ...

* Universitätsbibliothek

Mozarteum Salzburg Mozarteum University Salzburg ( German: ''Universität Mozarteum Salzburg'') is one of three affiliated but separate (it is actually a state university) entities under the “Mozarteum” moniker in Salzburg municipality; the International Mo ...

* Universitätsbibliothek

University of Salzburg The University of Salzburg (german: Universität Salzburg), also known as the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (''Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg'', PLUS), is an Austrian public university A public university or public college is a univ ...

* 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 The Österreichischer Bibliothekenverbund (obv; English: "Austrian joint library system") is a catalogue and service collaboration for Austrian scientific and administrative libraries centered on the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian Nat ...

, catalogue and service collaboration for Austrian libraries

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Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

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National libraries

Government libraries

State and regional libraries

City libraries

Specialized libraries

Higher education libraries

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

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 to ...

Universities

Library organizations

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References

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