We represent your interests

• on provincial as well as federal level
• in international bodies
• by lobbying decision-makers

We train you by offering 

• training courses for librarians
• advanced vocational training
• software tuition 
• internet courses
• online tuition on how to use the internet under www.bvoe.at/ik

We provide you

• with library software 
• with an e-mail-address free of charge
• with a library website
• with webspace free of charge
• with an OPAC of your library on the internet
• with library material

We support you 

• with educative material for the promotion of reading
• in promoting literature
• by procuring contacts to authors
• in organising events
• with innovative projects throughout Austria
• with grants for your library
• with basic publications for professional library work

We inform you

• and give hints on the chores of library work 
• on publications in the field of public libraries
• by way of the professional journal “Büchereiperspektiven”
• on the development of public librarianship by compiling annual statistics

We offer the online-portal

• to all relevant information for public libraries
• to data and facts on public librarianship 
• to the OPAC of public libraries under www.bibliotheken.at
• to the mailing list for librarians “bibmail”
• to the comprehensive online service of BVÖ

We develop

• standards and norms for a homogeneous library work
• technologies for linking-up libraries
• educational curricula
• manuals and textbooks for basic and continuing education
• with basic materials for professional library work