National Library of Israel
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| Established | 1892 |
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| Reference to legal mandate | The Legal Deposit of generally available documents |
| Location | Jerusalem |
| Coordinates | 31°46′33.01″N 35°11′48.58″E / 31.7758361°N 35.1968278°ECoordinates: 31°46′33.01″N 35°11′48.58″E / 31.7758361°N 35.1968278°E |
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| Items collected | Unique collections of manuscripts, special collections of books, music, radio and TV programmes, film, theatre, maps, posters, pictures, photographs, electronic documents and newspapers. |
| Size | 5 million volumes |
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| Budget | Approximately 100 million NIS (₪) |
| Director | Oren Weinberg |
| Staff | 300 |
| Website | nli |
The National Library of Israel (NLI; Hebrew: הספרייה הלאומית, translit. HaSifria HaLeumit; Arabic: المكتبة الوطنية في إسرائيل), formerly Jewish National and University Library (JNUL, Hebrew: בית הספרים הלאומי והאוניברסיטאי, translit. Beit Ha-Sfarim Ha-Le'umi ve-Ha-Universita'i), is the library dedicated to collecting the cultural treasures of Israel and of Jewish heritage. The library holds more than 5 million books, and is located on the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The National Library owns the world's largest collections of Hebraica and Judaica, and is the repository of many rare and unique manuscripts, books and artifacts.
The B'nai Brith library, founded in Jerusalem in 1892, was the first public library in Palestine to serve the Jewish community. The library was located on B'nai Brith street, between the Meah Shearim neighborhood and the Russian Compound. Ten years later, the Bet Midrash Abrabanel library, as it was then known, moved to Ethiopia Street. In 1920, when plans were drawn up for the Hebrew University, the B'nai Brith collection became the basis for a university library. The books were moved to Mount Scopus when the university opened five years later.
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