The world of Austrian librarianship: My first (and second) impressions – Internships at the TU Wien and Medical University of Vienna

Abstract

Included in this report are accounts of two internships at major university libraries in Vienna, undertaken in the fulfillment of a Master of Arts degree in Library and Information Science from Humboldt University of Berlin. The author spent October 2018 at the TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology) Library, focusing on the acquisition department and publishing services. The second internship was completed from November to December 2018 at the Medical University of Vienna Library and covered mainly the tasks of a systems librarian.