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The article discusses the transition, challenges and strategies of public libraries to the digital age on the example of the Main Library of Vienna, Austria. The library improved its accessibility, created new working space for e-readers, and division into college-areas to improve their flexibility. Other topics mentioned were integration and presence of social media at the library, devolpment of digital choices such as ebooks, and the use of the internet at the library.

This article presents the topic of the usage of the internet in libraries and how libraries have increased their functions and made their collections more accessible. With the advent of web 2.0, the internet has become more of a place for collective intelligence and a more simpler, interactive user guide. The author examines how libraries can incorporate this interactive platform to let users help design the services of the library.

The article discusses the "Virtual International Authority File (VIAF), which is a virtual authority file that merges existing authority files. The goal of the program is to link all international authority files together, so that the user can access publications in his preferred language via the internet. In forefront of the launch of the VIAF a meeting during the annual International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions congress 2011 in San Juan, Puerto Rico was arranged.