Information for first time clients

Frequently asked questions

This list gives you an overview of the necessary information on access, ordering and use of the works, on guided tours and on the various other services offered by the Austrian National Library ...

 

Conditions for use

Required age, library card, carrying a valid ID with photo, what you must hand over at the cloakroom ...

 

Library regulations

In the Library regulations rules are set out for the tasks of the Library, the rules on use of its facilities, as well as times of opening, regulations on behaviour and security ...

 

Reading rooms of the Modern Library

A short description of the reading rooms of the Modern Library (the facilities at Heldenplatz) with details of the holdings awaiting you there. Information on access, times of opening, period of waiting for fulfilment of orders, maximum number of volumes you can order, services offered in the various reading rooms ...

 

Internet and laptop workstations

The Austrian National Library has set up terminals for Internet research and offers the chance to connect private laptops to the net.

 

W-LAN

The Austrian National Library offers you fee-of-charge access to the Internet, e-mail, etc. via Wireless LAN ...

 


last update 7/3/2013