About Verbund für Bildung und Kultur / VBK

The Network for Education and Culture (Verbund für Bildung und Kultur / VBK) is a collaboration of 10 libraries specializing in pedagogy, teacher and adult education. The network includes the libraries of the University Colleges of Teacher Education Vienna, Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Styria, Salzburg, Upper Austria, Carinthia and Lower Austria, as well as the Education Directorate of Lower Austria and the Federal Institute for Adult Education (bifeb). The networks’ search portal provides access to the (electronic) holdings of the libraries. The institutions share a joint library system, the search interface and license agreements, all managed and mediated by the Network Head Office in Vienna, a department of the Austrian Library Network and Service Ltd. (Die Österreichische Bibliothekenverbund und Service GmbH (obvsg)).

Terms of Use for VBK E-Resources

• The electronic content providers’ terms of use and copyright law apply.
• Students and employees of the universities of teacher education have access to the electronic content after login; other library users may use the content at the respective library location (access, search, browse, view).
• It is permitted to print and download a reasonable amount of the electronic material for personal and academic purposes.
• Short excerpts may be used in academic papers with appropriate references.
• Commercial use of the content is not permitted; the content may not be changed, systematically stored or copyright notices removed.
• Passing the content on to unauthorized third parties is prohibited; individual copies of articles may be made available to other authorized users and third party colleagues for the purposes of research and teaching.
• In course reserves, secure virtual learning environments or for course materials, excerpts and links may be made available for non-commercial purposes in the context of research and teaching with appropriate references.

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