It’s been a full ten years since the ub.mdw moved from the former Academy building at Lothringerstraße 18, its home of over a century, to Anton-von-Webern-Platz. Since then, it’s been providing even more effective support to students, lecturers, administrators, and music enthusiasts—with services as diverse as its users’ needs.

These days, whoever stresses the importance of writing in the university context—as did Otto Kruse, one of the pioneers of the discipline of composition studies—is kicking at an open door. For the discipline of writing has long since become a fixture in everyday student life—even at arts universities.