| Monday & Wednesday | 09:00 - 14:00 |
| Tuesday & Thursday | 09:00 - 16:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 13:00 |
| Return box | outside opening hours while the building is open |
Christmas (Monday 16.12. - Monday 6.1.)
| Monday 16.12. - Friday 20.12. | 09:00 - 13:00 |
| Monday 23.12. - Monday 6.1. | closed |
Profile
The Geography Library is an important service facility for scientists and students of the Institute of of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Research. It is a public, scientific library with open access, i.e. the required media are freely accessible and can be taken from the shelves.
Collection focus
The collection focuses on human geography, geomorphology, climatic geography and applied geography as well as sustainability.
The library contains - distributed over three floors - scientific monographs, collected volumes and university publications (3rd floor), atlases, series and journals (2nd floor), as well as a large collection of maps (1st floor).
The holdings are arranged according to an internal, historically developed system. Each book has its own shelfmark, which indicates the thematic assignment (e.g.: in the shelfmark O 100 A532 the number 100 means that the book is assigned to the system unit "Austria").
An overview of the systematics is located on each floor in the area of the glass staircase.
Borrow and use media
Please take the books from the shelves yourself and borrow them at the circulation desk. Books from semester collections are located to the left of the circulation desk and can only be borrowed over the weekend or during vacations.
List of current semester handbooks (print editions and e-books)
All maps are excluded from the lending service, they can only be used on site.
Workstations and equipment
- 32 learning and workstations
- 8 PC workstations
- 1 multifunctional device for printing, scanning, copying
- 1 scanning tent
- 1 scanning table for cards
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WLAN
The circulation desk (1st floor) is barrier-free accessible, the 2nd and 3rd floor can not be reached barrier-free. Please contact the staff at the circulation desk, we will be happy to assist you.
Team
Regina Hasiba, M.D.
Mag. Heidrun Brameshuber
Bionda Strohmeyer
Chiara Meitz (student assistant)
Corina Meitz (student assistant)
Nina Katrin Prinesdom-Krendl (student assistant)
Tours
Current dates for individuals can be found on the guided tour dates page.
For group tour requests, please use our web forms.
Acquisition request
Please use the web form on the acquisition request page.
New acquisitions
Are you interested in newly purchased publications related to your study and department?
Here you have the possibility to query all new acquisitions.