Since the university was founded in 1365, books and manuscripts have been preserved by the University Library and made available for teaching, research and study. Today, our holdings include manuscripts, fragments, incunabula, bookplates, maps, rare prints and bequests of historical significance. Our task is to protect and research this cultural heritage and make it accessible to the public – both on site and digitally.
Discover our collections and browse through the digital editions.
Many of the historical works can be found in u:search. Titles from the main library's old stock up to 1931 that are not catalogued can be searched for in the nominal catalogue up to 1931 and ordered through the old stock ordering service in u:search.
In the Old Books Reading Romm (Postgasse 9, 1010 Wien) you can access the followeing media:
The University Library of Vienna digitises works from its collections as part of digitisation projects and within the framework of the E-Books on Demand (EOD) service. It makes public domain works available online to the scientific community, researchers and interested members of the public worldwide via the University of Vienna's digital repository and the University Library of Vienna's . For scanning requests for the main library, please contact digitisation.ub@univie.ac.at.
Information about the Old Book Reading Room can be found on the main library's website.
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