The KUGscholar publication service, available at https://kugscholar.kug.ac.at offers all members of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz the organizational and technical framework for electronic publication and archiving of scientific documents and materials. It serves as an institutional repository and is closely related to the research documentation of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. As part of this offer, the documents and materials are made available to the public on the Internet in compliance with quality standards. This makes KUGscholar an important component of the Open Access activities.