The „Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Medieneinrichtungen an Hochschulen e.V.“ (amh), which was founded in 1991, is a voluntary association of media centers and comparable media institutions at universities in German-speaking countries. It promotes science and research, teaching and study as well as scientific further education by supporting the media centers at universities with regard to the development, production and organization of the use of audiovisual information and communication media. Right now, the amh has around 120 members from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.