▁central ▁Pr unks aal ▁with ▁the ▁Hof burg ▁and ▁St . ▁August ine ' s ▁Church , ▁forming ▁Jose fs platz ▁( Jose ph ▁Square ). ▁ ▁Col lections ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁tasks ▁of ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁National ▁Library ▁is ▁the ▁collection ▁and ▁arch iving ▁of ▁all ▁publications ▁appearing ▁in ▁Austria ▁( including ▁electronic ▁media ). ▁Depending ▁on ▁the ▁law ▁for ▁the ▁medium , ▁four ▁copies , ▁and ▁by ▁other ▁printing ▁elements , ▁two ▁oblig ation ▁copies ▁each , ▁must ▁be ▁delivered ▁to ▁the ▁National ▁Library ▁by ▁periodic ▁printing ▁elements ▁appearing ▁in ▁Austria . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁library ▁collect s ▁all ▁works ▁of ▁Aust rian ▁authors ▁appearing ▁abroad , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁such ▁works ▁which ▁concern ▁Aust ri ans ▁or ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁spirit ▁and ▁culture . ▁Further ▁publications ▁from ▁the ▁foreign ▁country ▁are ▁taken ▁up ▁with ▁emphas is ▁on ▁the ▁range ▁of ▁the ▁Ge istes wissenschaft en . ▁Task s ▁and ▁services ▁of ▁the ▁national ▁library ▁cover ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁existence ▁and ▁their ▁supply ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁local - lo an , ▁remote - lo an , ▁and ▁search ▁services ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Aus kunft s , ▁information ▁and ▁reprodu ction ▁services . ▁ ▁The ▁leg ally ▁given ▁general ▁order ▁for ▁education ▁is ▁obey ed ▁also ▁by ▁co - operation ▁with ▁univers ities , ▁schools ▁and ▁adult ▁education ▁mechan isms . ▁ ▁Alt ogether , ▁the ▁library ▁has ▁more ▁than ▁seven ▁million ▁objects , ▁of ▁which ▁approximately ▁three ▁million ▁are ▁printed . ▁ ▁Man us cript