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The present contribution informs about current projects and trends in Austrian librarianship in 2015. Network projects and cooperation projects are presented as well as important projects of the Austrian National Library and of the Council of Austrian University Libraries. Themes such as Open Access, research data, provenance research of Nazi looted property, library education, conferences, and publications of the Austrian Association of Librarians and library and information policy in Austria are mentioned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This report outlines the status quo concerning the Open Access activities of the 21 Austrian public universities. The findings are based on a survey conducted with affiliated university libraries in February and March 2012. The survey was published as a report in May 2013 and paints a mixed overall picture that is at least characterised by a few remarkably successful activities on the local level. Nonetheless, the developments outlined in this study have gained momentum in the last months. Particularly the recent launch of OAN A can be perceived as a turning point. Thus further support and implementation of Open Access at Austrian public universities have become more achievable than ever before. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present contribution relates about current projects and trends in Austrian librarianship in 2012. Network projects and cooperation projects are presented as well as important projects of the Austrian National Library and of the Council of Austrian University Libraries. Themes such as Open Access, provenance research of Nazilooted property, education in the field of library, information and documentation, conferences and publications of the library associations and library and information policy in Austria are mentioned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Austria, tertiary education is offered through 21 national universities, 19 universities of applied sciences, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), the Danube University Krems and 13 private universities. Their libraries and the Austrian National Library supply them with literature and information systems for science, education and research. On the national level, these libraries act jointly in the cooperations Austrian Library Network and the Austrian Academic Consortia. On an international level, these libraries cooperate with the Electronic Journals Library (EZB), the Database Information System (DBIS), subito, eBooks on Demand (EOD), the Austrian Library Statistics (ÖBS) and the Library Index BIX. The best possible supply of literature and information systems will be a big challenge for libraries in tertiary education institutions for the future. Currently, an appropriate master plan is lacking for the Austrian libraries. An initiative similar to Germany's priority initiative „Digital Information“ is needed to cover and to push ahead the subjects of national licences, Open Access, national hosting strategy, research data, virtual research environments and legal frameworks in Austria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities has created awareness for Open Access also among Austrian scientists, librarians and funding organizations. Due to the lack of initiatives on the national level, Open Access activities in Austria are currently taken on mainly by the Vienna University of Vienna, the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Austrian Science Fund. More than 40 Austrian scientists have expressed their arguments in favor of Open Access in testimonials which have been available online since summer 2012 on the website of the Austrian Science Fund. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The EU funded Study of Open Access Publishing (SOAP) run from March 2009 to February 2011. More than 53.000 people worldwide participated in this online-survey on the Golden Road to Open Access, among them about 46.000 scholars. The paper will put a spotlight on the input of the 462 Austrian scientists who took part in this survey. It analyses their answers to 9 selected questions out of the survey's original total of 23 questions. A focus is put on significant differences in these answers between scientists from Austria and Germany. The financial supporting structure for Open Access in Austria is quite dissimilar from Germany hence differences should be expected. Even so 89% of scientists in both countries agree that Open Access is helpful in their own field of research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subject matter of this report is the development of the 20 Austrian libraries at federal universities. Main topics are national and international cooperations and projects during2009. Legal framework conditions for the federal universities and the observance of the university libraries in Wissensbilanz and Leistungsbericht are discussed. Important focal points of cooperations at the national level are activities of Arbeitsgemeinscaft der Bibliotheksdirektor/-innen, Austrian Library Consortium and Austrian Academic Consortium. In 2009 cooperation took place on an international level with Electronic Journals Library, Database Information System, subito, eBooks on Demand, BIX library index and German Library Statistics. Special cases are the provenance research projects at six Austrian university libraries about Nazi-looted property. These projects startet individually but close cooperation between libraries is intended for the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]