A selection of our
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The Association Server of the Regional Libraries of Austria (www.landesbibliotheken.eu )

Core collection: 4.5 million titles - 7.0 million holdings - the main participants:

• Lower Austrian Regional Library
• Burgenland Regional Library
• State Archive of the City of Vienna
• Documentation Center of the State Archive of the City of Vienna
• Poster Collection of the State Archive of the City of Vienna
• Vienna City Planning (Archive)
• Vienna City Planning (Technical Library)
• Municipal Department for Youth and Family
• Lower Austria: Institute for Regional Studies
• Lower Austria: Topographic Collection
• Lower Austria: Cultural Institute
• Lower Austria: Poster Collection
• Lower Austria: Map Collection
• Lower Austria: Literary Estates

The association also includes scientific libraries and archives that are considered custodians of the cultural heritage of German-speaking art and literature, such as monastery, college, and university libraries, special collections like those in Kremsmünster and Heiligenkreuz, as well as the Biblioteca Palatina. The collections in some areas are supplemented by the inclusion of multimedia objects and documents.

The searchable collection of this association thus amounts to over 10 million titles, which can also be queried via the KVK - Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog.

The network server of the theological, church, and ecumenical sector (www.VThK.eu )

Core collection: 2.99 million titles - 2.3 million holdings - the main participants:

• Stift Kremsmünster (Monastic Library)
• Stift Kremsmünster (Gymnasium Library)
• Archbishop Academy Paderborn
• Library of the Seminary and Diocesan Library Speyer
• Augustana University and Diaconal Library Neuendettelsau
• DEI AW Jerusalem
• Stift Herzogenburg
• Stift Schlägl
• Regional Church Council and Media Center, Speyer
• Regional Church Council Speyer - Archive
• Lutheran Theological University Oberursel / Frankfurt
• Institute for Religious Education and Media Work Dortmund
• Institute for Religious Education and Media Work Paderborn
• Johann-Adam-Möhler Institute Paderborn
• Corvey Monastic and Noble Library Paderborn
• Biblioteca Palatina Paderborn
• Archbishop's Archive Paderborn
• Diocesan Literature Paderborn

The network of theology, church, and ecumenical institutions is constantly growing; in many libraries, archives, collections, and documentation centers, the retro-conversion of older collections has only just begun or is even still being planned. At some institutions, the digitization and OCR scanning of older collections are currently being prepared due to the now feasible costs.

Web 2.0 catalogue enrichment is highly valued in numerous libraries and archives, and many works are enriched with additional information, abstracts, tables of contents, and multimedia features such as scans and digitized materials. Unseen historical treasures are often not displayed on the web for security reasons.

Numerous libraries, archives, and collections are integrated individually or as a group into external search engines and other portal applications.

The Association Server of the Austrian Public and Government Libraries (www.behoerdenweb.net )

Core collection: 1.5 million titles - 1.4 million holdings - the main participants:

• Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism (EDZ) - Vienna
• Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism (Documentation) - Vienna
• Austrian Court of Audit - Vienna
• Supreme Court (Printed Materials) - Vienna
• Supreme Court (Journals) - Vienna
• Supreme Court (European Law) - Vienna
• Supreme Court (Legal Gazettes) - Vienna

The public and government libraries of Austria preserve and manage very heterogeneous collections, ranging from classic official aids and legal literature to archival material about the Main/Danube and Ludwig Canal from the 17th and 18th centuries. Unseen treasures can be found in practically every library.

This association also works extensively with Web 2.0 catalogue enrichment; large areas of the collections are enriched with tables of contents, documents, and multimedia objects.

The Association Server of the Cluster Library(s) | EDZ / European Documentation Center (service@clusterbibliothek.at )

Basic stock: 0.3 million titles - 0.2 million holdings - the main participants:

• the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Tourism (BMWET)
• the Federal Ministry for Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (BMASGPK) including the Labor Inspectorates (AI)
• the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF - Section VI)
• the Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI)
• the Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management (BMLUK)
• the Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying (BEV)
• the Burghauptmannschaft (BHÖ)
• the Federal Real Estate Administration (BMobV)
• the Federal Competition Authority (BWB)
• the Federal Computing Center GmbH (BRZ GmbH)
• the Federal Real Estate Company (BIG)
• the Federal Agency for Care and Support Services GmbH (BBU GmbH)

A highly active association, whose leader was awarded the Austrian Administrative Prize by the Austrian Federal Chancellor.

The Association Server of the Folk Song Works and Archives of Austria and South Tyrol (www.volksliedwerk.org )

Basic stock: 0.7 million titles - 0.2 million holdings - the main participants:

• Folk Song Work and Archive Austria
• Folk Song Work Vienna
• Folk Song Archive Lower Austria
• Folk Song Work Burgenland
• Folk Song Work Styria
• Folk Song Work Carinthia
• Folk Song Work Upper Austria
• Folk Song Work Salzburg
• Folk Song Work Tyrol
• Folk Song Archive Vorarlberg
• Folk Song Work South Tyrol

The association of the folk song works of Austria and South Tyrol consists of the scientific research institutions of the countries in the field of folk songs, folk music, dances, instruments, and much more. The highly specialized collections are enriched and supplemented piece by piece with multimedia data.

The legally independent folk song works and archives of the Austrian federal states as well as the province of South Tyrol have come together under the Austrian umbrella organization in Vienna to form an association that is now gaining worldwide attention. Further expansion of the association to include similar Central European institutions that also work on, preserve, and maintain regional folk culture with a focus on folk music is planned.

The OeNDV Austrian Standard Data Network (OeNDV.net ) was founded by the AICC.cc - Austrian Institute for Cultural Content and DABIS in collaboration with the state libraries of Austria and South Tyrol with the aim of the BIS-C PLUS  to enable libraries to access and directly, integrated use of standard data. The holdings of the OeNDV consist of the standard data from the DNB German National Library as well as various other sources and include the standard files for persons, corporate bodies, keywords, places, languages, etc. The updates and new entries from the German National Library are incorporated into the database weekly after their release.

The NormDatenVerbund also serves as a clearinghouse for the DNB, providing the new entries and corrections from the participating libraries to the three DNB standard files in Frankfurt, from where they are delivered again in the following week. Currently, the OeNDV is implementing and transitioning the DNB standard files, including the holdings of the German Music Archive, to the GND Common Authority File for uniform titles of musical works.

The Association Server of Special Libraries and Archives (www.VdSpB.org )

Base holdings: 0.1 million titles - 0.1 million holdings - the main participants:

• Sigmund Freud Private University, Berlin
• Sigmund Freud Private University, Vienna
• Center for Early Childhood Education, Vienna

The Association of Special Libraries and Archives is the youngest of the BIS-C PLUS  associations and includes institutions that significantly differ from the classic representatives of their kind with their holdings. The participants in this association all face enormous challenges, especially the retro-conversion of their holdings - a topic that is not exactly easy in times of declining library budgets.

Founded only in 2012, the association is nevertheless one of the rapidly growing unions of institutions with very dedicated staff who give their best to meet the demands of both their users and their organizations.

• Lower Austria State Library
  The NÖLB operates its own union both in its library and in the state of Lower Austria and is also the clearinghouse for the OeNDV (Austrian Standard Data Union) in relation to the DNB German National Library. The library sees itself as a publicly accessible service facility for all state citizens, providing its collections for use - also through internet lending with free book delivery. Its collections include printed works, maps, and historical views.
  
  

• Universalmuseum Joanneum: New Gallery Graz and Folklore Museum Graz

  The Art and Museum Library of the Neue Galerie Graz is a scientific special library for modern art and art history that is freely accessible to the public. It collects literature on visual arts from the 19th to the 21st century. Its collection includes around 70,000 media units (monographs, international exhibition and auction catalogs, art scientific literature, artist books, art magazines, audiovisual media, and much more).

  
  The library of the Folk Museum contains around 14,500 books, about 80 current magazines and periodicals, as well as numerous handwritten records (17th to 19th century) on topics including housing, work, clothing, religious culture, folk medicine, customs and rituals, legal folklore, and much more. Particularly valuable ethnological documents can also be found in the archive of the Folk Museum, where, in addition to various estate collections, the "Styrian Shepherd and Nativity Songs" can be found.
  
  

• Burgenland State Library
  The Burgenland State Library manages over 120,000 books and 235 current magazines. As the scientific and administrative library of Burgenland, its focus is on the history and regional studies of Burgenland. However, one can also find standard works from various fields of knowledge and international fiction in the state library in Eisenstadt.

Selected libraries, archives, and documentation centers in the field of theology and church, monasteries, and ecumenism:

• Priestly Seminary and Diocesan Library Speyer
  The collections of this high-quality library are being retroactively cataloged and contain unique items that are one of a kind worldwide. The collection includes over 200,000 library units and 300 current periodicals, with a focus on practical theology (pastoral theology, homiletics, liturgy, religious education).
  
  
• Protestant Church of the Palatinate, Library and Media Center
  The media center is responsible for the selection, procurement, and lending of audiovisual media. It provides DVDs, video cassettes, slide and dia series, CD-ROMs, CDs, audio cassettes, media packages, and worksheets for use in religious and confirmation classes, as well as for youth, adult, and senior work, and for private use. Since 1998, the media center and library have been united under one roof.
  
  
• Protestant Church of the Palatinate, Central Archive
  The library of the central archive currently comprises about 14,000 volumes and 30 periodicals. Regular current acquisitions are made. The collection focuses on Palatine history and church history, local chronicles, popular piety, and historical auxiliary sciences.
  
  
• University and Regional Church Library Wuppertal
  The Protestant Church in the Rhineland - with DEI Jerusalem and the LKA Düsseldorf. The THZW is an open cooperative competence center for theology and church. Its focus is on theological education and training for both professional and volunteer church workers. Through new collaborations and synergy effects, existing resources are utilized more effectively - an idea that is increasingly taking shape in the THZW and can also be pioneering for church work in other fields.
  
  
• Augustana University Neuendettelsau
  The Augustana University (AHS) is the theological university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria. It is equivalent to the theological faculties at universities and thus offers study opportunities ranging from learning theological languages to doctoral or even habilitation degrees.
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• Archbishop's Academic Library of the Archdiocese of Paderborn and the Johann-Adam-Möhler Institute
  With the collections of the Corvey Library, a Palatina Library, and diocesan literature. The EAB is the library of the Theological Faculty of Paderborn and the diocesan library for the Archdiocese of Paderborn. In addition to a basic collection of 300,000 units, the EAB manages special collections in the areas of manuscripts, incunabula, single-sheet prints, fragments, canonizations, archives, music materials, and photo collections.
  
  
• Monastery and Papal Philosophical-Theological University Heiligenkreuz
  The library includes the collections of the monastery as well as the university, along with numerous collections, the most important of which is that of manuscripts.
  
  
• Institute for Religious Education and Media Work Dortmund
  The media center is the central institution of the Archdiocese of Paderborn for religious education and media work. It represents a mix of training center, media library, and library - accordingly, the collections of the institution are diverse, also supplying media to the educational institutions and schools in the archdiocese.
  
  
• Network of libraries, archives, and documentation centers -VThK.eu
  With the institutions without their own web catalog: Stift Kremsmünster, Stift Herzogenburg, Stift Schlägl, Stift Altenburg, Kloster Maria Taferl, Kloster Maria Langegg, Priesterseminar Brixen, Lutheran Theological University Oberursel, the religious education journal article documentation of the Diocese of Munich, among others.

Selected libraries, archives, and documentation centers from the office and authority sector:

• The Library of the Supreme Court
  The collections are thematically divided into four databases (printed works, journals, European law, and legal gazettes), but can of course be searched across databases or individually.
  
  
• The Cluster Library | EDZ / European Documentation Center
  The Europe Direct EDZ Cluster Library at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Tourism (BMWET) provides library and documentation services, among others, for the departments BMASGPK, BMF, BMIMI, BMLUK, the Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying (BEV), the Federal Monuments Authority (BHÖ), the Federal Computing Center GmbH (BRZ GmbH), and the Federal Property Administration (BMobV). As a European Documentation Center (EDZ), the Cluster Library has all official publications of the European Union.
  
  
• The Virtual Network Servers of the Austrian Office and Authority Libraries
  Here you can also find the collections of, for example, the Austrian Court of Auditors, various ministries, and the OGH.

Selected libraries, archives, and documentation centers from the Multimedia sector:

• Technical Museum Vienna with Austrian Mediathek
  The largest long-term archiver in Europe digitizes and stores audio and video files in high-resolution, standardized formats. This service is also provided for other institutions such as the Austrian Parliament, ORF Austrian Broadcasting/Television, and numerous archives. Each recording is made in accordance with RAK standards and is tagged with metadata for Europeana.
  
  
• Association of Folk Song Works and Archives Austria / South Tyrol
  The Association of Folk Song Works in Austria and South Tyrol consists of the scientific research institutions of the countries in the field of folk songs, folk music, dances, instruments, and more. The highly specialized collections are increasingly enriched and supplemented with multimedia data (digitized scores, texts, originals, music files, photos).