Promotion of Public Library Services
Annual funding for umbrella organizations and institutions in the field of public libraries to maintain infrastructure, expand media collections, and promote reading. Applications can be submitted annually until December 31.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Annual funding for maintaining the infrastructure of the public library system, financing the "Central Services," expanding the media collection, as well as supporting measures and projects for reading promotion and compensating copyright fees for book loans.
Eligible expenses
- Infrastructure expenses
- Financing of central services
- Expansion of media inventory
- Measures and projects for reading promotion
- Copyright levy
Eligible to apply
- Interest Groups and Other Associations
- Public Institutions
Funding requirements
- Framework funding agreement with the federal government
- Umbrella organizations and institutions in the field of public library services
Documents required for application
- Application form
Description
The promotion of public libraries in Vienna offers an annual grant opportunity for umbrella organizations as well as other associations and public institutions in the library sector. The focus is on ensuring and further developing the infrastructure of publicly accessible libraries, financing central services, and the strategic expansion of the media collection. Special attention is given to reading promotion: projects and measures to strengthen reading culture are co-financed, as well as the compensation of copyright fees for borrowed books. Continuous cooperation is ensured through a framework funding agreement with the federal government, while the budget provides reliable support for a wide range of initiatives related to education, culture, and media in the city of Vienna.
Funding is provided, among other things, for expenses related to structural and technical infrastructure measures, central service offerings, collection acquisition in printed and digital formats, as well as various reading promotion projects. The type of funding applied is a direct grant, which is awarded upon application. Interested umbrella organizations and institutions in the public library sector submit the completed application form by December 31 of each year. This funding creates a sustainable impulse for reading culture and media literacy in Vienna, benefiting all visitors and users of a modern, vibrant library system.