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The present contribution relates about current projects and trends in Austrian librarianship in 2014. 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, publications of the Austrian Association of Librarians, and library and information policy in Austria are mentioned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based on 16 recommendations, efforts should be made to achieve the following goal: By 2025, all scholarly publication activity in Austria should be Open Access. In other words, the final versions of all scholarly publications resulting from the support of public resources must be freely accessible on the Internet without delay (Gold Open Access). The resources required to meet this obligation shall be provided to the authors, or the cost of the publication venues shall be borne directly by the research organisations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ralf Schimmer answers questions about Max Planck Society's positioning on open access systems and also speaks a bout motives and date of the release of its keynote paper “ Disrupting the subscription journals ' business model for the necessary largescale transformation to open access: A Max Planck Digital Library Open Access Policy White Paper" . The interv ie w also refects the differe t kinds and fun ding of open access systems as well as the question about future tasks of libraries, of open access systems w ill succeed the classic pattern of journ ls which rely on subscriptions und licences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper provides executive summary and recommendations of “Researchers and their data. Results of an Austrian survey - Report 2 01 5 " This report provides an overview of the nation-wide survey on research data, which was carried out within the project e-lnfrastructures Austria in 2015. This was directed at the arts, humanities and sciences staff of all 21 public universities and three extramural research institutions in Austria. The participants were asked about the following topics: data types and formats; data archiving backup and loss; ethical and legal aspects; accessibility and re-use; and infrastructure and services. The first survey conducted at the national level in this context was used for the practical handling of research data in Austria, and is therefore the basis for a consecutive optimization of relevant infrastructure, an adaptation of the services provided, as well as a reorientation in identifying resources in this strategic area which correspond to the expressed needs of people in the research process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The focus of the current issue 1-2/2018 of GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information is on cooperation of medical libraries. The authors in this issue are Martina Semmler-Schmetz, Jutta Matrisciano, Oliver Weiner & Iris Reimann (Cooperations with internal and external partners: examples from diverse service areas of medical university libraries), Sandra Rümmele & Friederike Wille (Cooperations of the Central Medical Library at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf), Susanne Pütz- Jagner (Cooperation with libraries in Germany concerning archiving rules for medical print journals in Germany), Bruno Bauer (Cooperations in literature and information supply of medical faculties and universities in Austria) and Dietrich Nelle & Bruno Bauer (A 10-question interview with Dietrich Nelle, the interim director of ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Science, by Bruno Bauer). Furthermore this focus issue features articles from Bruno Bauer (The Medical Librarian's Bibliography 2017) and Iris Reimann (German MLA News). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With its new general programme "Horizon 2020" the European Commission has made research data an essential topic of science policy and research funding. Over the last few years numerous universities and research facilities have felt out the current documentary practices of their researchers by surveys. In 2015 within the framework of e-Infrastructures Austria there was a survey in which 3,000 researchers of 20 public universities and 3 extramural research institutions participated. This report shows several findings as well as suggestions derived from the survey about the preferable future of research data management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The focus of the current issue 3/2015 of GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information is the annual conference 2015 of the German Medical Libraries Association in Mannheim. The motto of the conference was "Libraries in progress". The authors in this issue are Bruno Bauer (Research data - a new field of activity (also) for libraries), Markus Fischer (Search filter for local holdings in bibnet.org), Ursula Georgy (Strategic marketing: Benefit positioning strategy of libraries as a content provider in competition), Mareike Grisse (Reading and understanding licensing agreements for electronic resources), Regine Küfner Lein (Access to medical full texts and databases in Norway by national licensing), Annette Kustos (Collection management and service concept at the academic library of the Hochschule für Gesundheit), Oliver Weiner (Medical documents in university repositories), Sabine Buroh (Impressions from the EAHIL Workshop, Edinburgh, 10-12 June 2015), Mareike Grisse (Supra-regional availability of licensed electronic content - ZB MEDs' new models), Jana Pössel (LIVIVO: The new ZB MED search portal for life sciences), Jasmin Schmitz (Offering advice on open access publishing in libraries), Fabian Gail (Product and innovation management ZB MED) and Dagmar Härter (Medical libraries: libraries in progress - annual meeting 2015 of the German MLA, September 7th to 9th at Basel, Switzerland). Furthermore this focus issue features articles from Eike Hentschel (Pioneer projects in medical libraries 2015: Introduction of the winners) and Iris Reimann (German MLA News; Pioneer projects in medical libraries 2016 - Announcement). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Medical Librarian's Bibliography 2014 lists all articles from GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information and selected publications relevant to medical librarians from following journals: ABI Technik, Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis, Bibliotheksdienst, B.I.T. online, BuB: Forum Bibliothek und Information, Information - Wissenschaft & Praxis, Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries, Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare, Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen & Bibliographie. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2014 in two cases the Medical University of Vienna was able to elicit the rightful owners/heirs of expropriated goods during the Nazi-regime. Restitution was made to the heirs of Hans Peter Kraus and Philipp and Wilhelm Suschitzky. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lorenz Mikoletzky answers questions about his professional training and his appointment als Director General of the Austrian State Archives, which he managed for seventeen years. Also discussed are themes like digitalisation of archives, the projected „House of History “ and the tasks of dhe Austrian Historical Commission, of which he was Vice-Chairman from 1998 to 2003 . Mikoletzky refers also his friendly relations to the Association of Austrian Librarians and his efforts for a cooperation between libraries, archives und museums in the cooperation plattform BAM Austria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In January 2014, e-lnfrastructures Austria, a three-year project, funded by the Federal Ministry for Science, Research and Economy was launched. The project pursues the coordinated development and advancement of repository infrastructures, a strategic approach for future research data management in Austria, as well as the development of a knowledge network for secure archiving and dissemination of electronic publications, multimedia objects, and other digital data from research and education. Its main purposes are both for the construction of technical infrastructures as well as the creation of a knowledge base for future service offerings in this area. The basis for the successful completion of the project was the rapid development of an Austria-wide network of 25 institutions, including 20 universities. The cooperation is achieved through instruments that can be extended as required: five committees and governance that regulates roles and responsibilities. The identified themes are treated in interdisciplinary „work package clusters “that are applied over time. The project provides a platform for numerous networking forums, meeting and training units that involves all provinces and invites librarians as well as other relevant stakeholders such as representatives from the local IT facilities, research services and legal departments and scientists to participate. Thus, the project reaches way beyond simply addressing thematically and organizationally specific library perspectives. The report provides information about the project objectives of e-lnfrastructures Austria, the successful establishment of the network that took place in 2014 and the different governing bodies. The report also includes the results achieved in the first year of the project in the clusters and the work to be performed in 2015. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

„Iinnovations in a world of media“ - the motto of the 2014 ODOK-conference has its counterparts also within cooperation-projects of Austrian academic libraries. The changeover from printed to electronic media, adjusted largely and in cooperation, has already brought a great deal of possible innovation. Recently several promising cooperation-projects have been started which will contribute to optimize Austrian library and information structures for science, research and teaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Medical Librarian’s Bibliography 2014 lists all articles from GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information and selected publications relevant to medical librarians from following journals: ABI Technik, Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis, Bibliotheksdienst, B.I.T. online, BuB: Forum Bibliothek und Information, Information – Wissenschaft & Praxis, Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries, Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare, Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen & Bibliographie. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Edeltraud Haas, head of library at the University Sankt Gallen, explains in an interview how the idea of a world record in book domino came up. She speaks about the effort to accomplish this project and the way the media reacted towards it. Furthermore Ms Haas presents the highlights of this action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to scientific knowledge was published in October 2003. All over the world initiatives and projects were started. However, in Austria Open Access got little attention over many years. This was confirmed by a study among Austrian universities on behalf of the Council of Austrian University Libraries. Finally at the turn of the year 2012/2013 the Open Access Network Austria and the university infrastructure project E-Infrastructure Austria were started to push Open Access in Austria on a national level. So 10 years after the Berlin Declaration Austria set up the preconditions to establish sustainable Open Access. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This report contains information about two sessions atthe Open Access Days 2014. These speeches were given on transformation strategies for subscription-based journals and on open access perspectives for journals from medical societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The focus of the current issue 3/2014 of GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information is the annual conference 2014 of the German Medical Libraries Association in Mannheim. The motto of the conference was "Medical libraries: Information2". The authors in this issue are Michaele Adam (Bibliometrics 2.0 - Altmetrics in Medicine), Bruno Bauer (Open access cooperation in Austria: Open Access Network Austria and E-Infrastructures Austria - recent developments since 2012), Fabian Gail & Ulrich Korwitz (Market and strategy - results of the ZB MED market study), Sabine Gehrlein (Library goes Anatomy: Anatomical teaching media at Heidelberg University Library), Kaja Scheliga (Opening science: New publication forms in science), Ulrike Ostrzinski (The four types of social media user in the academic and research community. Results of a nationwide study), Sandra Pfob & Alena Ittner (First aid for library use on PC: webinars increase library visits, reach everyone, save costs), Simone Waldboth (Integration of e-learning in the lecture "Information Literacy" at the Provincial College for Health-Care Professions Claudiana), Maike Piegler (The pick up box of the library of the Hamburg medical association - a way to bring scientific information to medical specialists) and Christoph Wehrmüller & Heidrun Janka (Medical libraries: Information - Annual meeting 2014 of the German MLA, September 22nd to 24th in Mannheim). Furthermore this focus issue features articles from Bruno Bauer (Open access: transformation strategies for subscription-based journals: Report on the 8th Open Access Days at Cologne, September 8 - 9 2014), Eike Hentschel (German MLA News; Pioneer projects in medical libraries 2014: Introduction of the winners; Pioneer projects in medical libraries 2015 - Announcement) and Franz J. Kühnen (Klaus Gerber 1934-2014). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The focus of the current issue 1-2/2017 of GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information is on "Medical historic sources at Viennese universities". The authors in this issue are Zuzana Ráczová (Historical Archive of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna), Harald Albrecht (Medical historic stock of the University Library of the Medical University of Vienna: Nine historic libraries at the Branch Library for Medical History with examples of their stocks) and Walter Mentzel (Medical historic stock of the University Library of the Medical University of Vienna. Virtual libraries at the Branch Library for Medical History: Search of evidence). Furthermore this focus issue features articles by Henriette Senst and Katharina Heldt (The role of the library in the research lifecycle using the example of the Robert Koch Institute's library. A field report), Marta Nadraga (Medical university libraries in Ukraine), Bruno Bauer (The Medical Librarian's Bibliography 2016; 7th meeting of the AGMB working group of Austrian medical librarians (AGMB.AT) at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna on May 15th 2017) and Iris Reimann (German MLA News). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On May 15th 2007, the AGMB working group of Austrian medical librarians (AGMB.AT) held its annual meeting at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. The conference program covered a broad variety of topics and included library collection development policy, off-campus access, library training courses, scanning service for in-house document delivery, implementation of the new library management system ALMA and two funding projects for Austrian universities, i.e., "e-Infrastructures Austria Plus" and "Austrian Transition to Open Access". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present contribution relates about current projects and trends in Austrian librarianship in 2013. 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, conferences and publications of the Austrian Association of Librarians and library and information policy in Austria are mentioned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Harald Weigel answers questions about assignments and roles of the Association of Austrian Librarians and talks about the tasks of its committees and conferences as well as its publications. Also discussed are national and international cooperations of LIS-associations and reasons for why one should be a member of the Association of Austrian Librarians. With a background of eleven years presidency he refers to highlights and disappointments, to prospects for and his future personal dedication to the AAL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Representatives of five Austrian institutions deliver short statements about their motivation and objectives regarding their participation in „E-Infrastructures Austria“ and the special charcteristics of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy co-funded infrastructure project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Medical Librarian's Bibliography 2013 lists all articles from GMS Medizin -- Bibliothek -- Information and selected publications relevant to medical librarians from following journals: ABI Technik, Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis, Bibliotheksdienst, B.I.T. online, BuB: Forum Bibliothek und Information, Information -- Wissenschaft & Praxis, Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries, Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare, Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen & Bibliographie. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The focus of the current issue 1-2/2014 of GMS Medizin -- Bibliothek -- Information is on "Teaching Library: information literacy instruction at medical libraries". The authors in this issue are Marina Betker & Annette Kustos (Literature research training in health sciences in a new academic library -- straight through and strategic planning: the concept of the "hsg Bochum"), Simone Waldboth (Integration of e-learning in the lecture "Information Literacy" at the Provincial College for Health- Care Professions „Claudiana“), Michaele Adam & Jens Mittelbach (Shaping the Future at the SLUB Dresden with Information Literacy in the Research Cycle), Gregor Steinrisser (Sucessfully failing -- Fiction and Friction of a teaching library in university and clinical daily routine), Melanie Kintzel & Norbert Sunderbrink (Information literacy classes at the Medical Library of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf), Markus Schmiel (The teaching and learning concept of the Library of the Hannover Medical School), Jutta Matrisciano & Martina Semmler- Schmetz (Teaching Library -- Realization of a concept with many facets at the Library for the Medical Faculty of Mannheim), Karin Cepicka („Teaching Library“ at the Library oft the Medical University Vienna), Helmut Dollfuß (Library user education for the new curriculum at the Medical University Vienna), Manuela Rohrmoser & Irene Schachl (The cooperations of teaching librarians at Vienna University Library) und Claudia Hausberger & David Frank (Curriculum reform -- a work report from the Library of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on a workshop on open access publishing, held in Vienna, Austria, on October 22, 2013. Topics of discussion included electronic scholarly publishing, international efforts to define open access policies such as the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, and institutional repositories.

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]

Helmut Hartmann responds to questions on the introduction of electronic full text resources in Austrian academic libraries as well as consortia, covering the development from the pioneering days of the late nineties to the institutional establishment of the Austrian Academic Consortium (Kooperation E-Medien Österreich). Both major achievements and unfulfilled desiderata of his directorship are mentioned. Starting out from his rich experience, he provides some interesting insights into international collaboration for consortial licenses and highlights the relationship between publishers and consortia. The interview also reflects Hartmann's personal view on the open access movement and the future of libraries and consortia. Finally drawing upon his expertise as a lecturer of LIS at various universities and the Austrian National Library, he pleads for courage, curiosity and commitment as the most desirable qualities in future librarians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2011 and 2012 in three cases the Medical University of Vienna was able to elicit the rightful owners/heirs of expropriated goods during the Nazi-regime. Restitution was made to a union library (former „Sassenbach-Library") and the heirs of Roul Fernand Jellinek-Mercedes and Alfred Arnstein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since January 2013 the university library of the Medical University Vienna provides its users with current research literature only in the form of electronic journals, printed journals were canceled. After the first year of the new era the library draws a positive conclusion. The article describes this radical change in the provision of literature at the university. Preliminary considerations and analyzes are given for library user behavior and for spatial, financial and human resources. Furthermore, the goals of the transition to e-only are described. The phase of transition and related organizational tasks are described and future steps for optimization are listed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The focus of the current issue 3/2013 of GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information is the annual conference 2013 of the German Medical Libraries Association in Berlin. The motto of the conference was "Medical librariesbeta - Change is the constant". The authors in this issue are Michaele Adam (Open access publishing in medicine - in the focus of bibliometrics at the SLUB Dresden), Bruno Bauer, Helmut Dollfuβ & Daniel Formanek (The university library at the Medical University Vienna goes e-only. Change in the provision of literature from p+e to e-only on January 1st, 2013), Henriette Senst & Jens Erling (The teaching services of the Robert Koch-Institute's library) and Martina Semmler-Schmetz & Jutta Matrisciano (Medical Librariesbeta - Change is the Constant. Annual meeting 2013 of the German MLA (AGMB), September 16th to 18th in Berlin). Furthermore this focus issue features articles from Oliver Obst & Verena Salewsky (How do today's students learn? An e-book study of the branch library of medicine, University of Münster) and from Oliver Obst, Christiane Hofmann, Helge Knüttel & Petra Zöller ("Ask a question, get an answer, continue your work!" - Survey on the use of UpToDate at the universities of Freiburg, Leipzig, Münster and Regensburg). [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]

The article reports on a conference of German librarians in Leipzig, Germany, from March 11-14, 2013, which focused on the effect of technological innovations on library and information services and knowledge management. The authors present summaries of several conference panels, including on library collection and personnel management, library science education and information literacy education, and legal and political aspects of libraries in Germany.

The development plan for the Medical University Vienna 2010-2012 demands from its university library to further push the concept of a digital library and to certify its services according to ISO standards. Since the beginning of 2012 the library is implementing a quality management system as it is described by the standard ÖNORM EN ISO 9001:2008. Important prerequisites for the certification were the compilation of a quality management manual and a revision of all library processes focusing on patron services. Further requirements were the establishment of a document control system, an error and improvement management system, a supplier evaluation system, a staff training plan and a regular customer satisfaction survey. The library passed successfully through the internal and external certification audit. Hence the university library of the Medical University Vienna is the first academic library in Austria certificated according to ÖNORM EN ISO 9001:2008. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article introduces this issue of the journal, which documents papers presented at the ODOK (Österreiches Online-Informationstreffen and Österreichischer Dokumentartag/Austrian Online Information Resources Conference and Austrian Documentation Conference) meetings in Wels, Austria, in 2012 and in Leoben, Austria, in 2010.

The Medical Librarian's Bibliography 2012 lists all articles from GMS Medizin - Bibliothek - Information and selected publications relevant to medical librarians from following journals: ABI Technik, Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis, Bibliotheksdienst, B.I.T. online, BuB: Forum Bibliothek und Information, Information - Wissenschaft & Praxis, Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries, Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare, Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen & Bibliographie. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a report of the ODOK 2012 conference (Österreichisches Online-Informationstreffen und Österreichischer DOKumentartag), held on September 14-14, 2012 in Wels, Austria. The report focuses on several papers discussed during the conference, which includes the value of knowledge organization, information science, and the importance of knowledge management.

This interview outlines fundamental developments of the Austrian scientific library system and the library policy in the 1980s and 1990s. Amongst other things, the mission and the duties of the Department for Scientific Library, Documentation and In formation issues at the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, the implementation of the integrated electronic library network, and the effects of the reforms of the University Acts are discussed. [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 VÖB-Mitteilungen discussed with Federal Minister Karlheinz Töchterle the following issues: – Master plan for higher education and research libraries – Austrian Library Network (OBV) – Open access and national repositories – Future of (academic) libraries [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses developments in Austrian libraries in the years 2010 and 2011. Topics include network and cooperation projects including electronic media and Google books. Projects of the National Library are also presented as well as issues related to the libraries' public relations and various library associations' activities. in Austria.

The Austrian Open Access Publishing Bibliography includes articles about Open Access Publishing in Austria and articles of Austrian authors about Open Access Publishing that are indexed in DABI - Datenbank Deutsches Bibliothekswesen (http://dabi.ib.hu-berlin.de/) and in E-LIS - Eprints in Library and Information Science (http://eprints.rclis.org/). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Task Force on "Open Access at universities in Austria" was set up by the Council of Austrian University Libraries in November 2011. The group was charged with the analysis of the current policy framework of Open Access and to identify projects that deal with the "golden road" and the "green road" to Open Access at universities in Austria. The working group started off by conducting a survey in early 2012 of all Austrian university libraries to gather information on their experiences with the implementation of Open Access. [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]

This is the third in a series of articles exploring international trends in health science librarianship in the first decade of the 21st century. The invited authors were asked to reflect on developments in their country - viz. Austria, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Future issues will track trends in the Nordic countries, Southern Europe and Latin America. JM [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]

The article discusses the 100th German librarians' retreat that took place in Berlin, Germany from June 7 to 10, 2011, titled "Bibliotheken für die Zukunft - Zukunft für die Bibliothek" ("Libraries for the Future - a Future for the Libraries"). Talks were given by speakers such as Bruno Bauer, Christian Beiler, and Wolfram Seidler on topics including the future of cataloging, innovation management, and open source software in libraries.