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Digitisation request

Deutschsprachige Version des Digitalisierungswunschs.

To best support research with and on our media, we have established the "Reading Room by Request" as a service for researchers.

Details on your request for digitisation *

Please specify as precisely as possible: title, author, creator of the collection, year, edition, bookmark, inventory number (HIN), ZPH, archive box ...

Brief description of your research project *

Please specify the type of research work and your research interest, as well as the research institution you are working at.

Library Card Number

If you have not registered for a library card yet, please use the online form we have provided for this purpose. We will send you your personal library card number by e-mail as soon as possible. You can then collect your card directly from the Vienna City Library reading room during the official opening hours.

Personal data

First name *

Surname *

E-mail address *

Additional information or remarks

Library Rules *

The Vienna Library's strategy is to digitise its unique and particularly valuable holdings over the next few years. Our Digital Services project team will examine and assess your request(s) with this strategy in mind. We endeavour to digitise the media as quickly as possible depending on our current capacities, and in compliance with relevant legal and conservational requirements in order to support you in your research as effectively as possible. The requested media will be available to you and to the public in the Digital Library under "Reading Room by Request" ("Lesesaal der Wünsche").

I acknowledge and accept the Library Rules of the Vienna City Library (Wienbibliothek im Rathaus).

GDPR *

I agree to the transfer and processing of the personal data concerned, and confirm that the Vienna City Library’s information sheet on data protection according to Art. 13 GDPR for digitisation requests has been brought to my attention.

Confirmation *

By submitting this form, I expressly submit my digitisation request, accept the above conditions, and confirm that the personal data provided is correct.