National Library of Israel

The National Library of Israel (NLI; Hebrew: הספרייה הלאומית; formerly the Jewish National and University Library - JNUL, Hebrew: בית הספרים הלאומי והאוניברסיטאי), is the national library of the state of Israel. It is on the campus of Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Givat Ram.

National Library of Israel

Established	1892; 133 years ago (1892)
Reference to legal mandate	The Legal Deposit of generally available documents
Location	Jerusalem
Coordinates	31°46′33.01″N 35°11′48.58″E
Collection
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
Other information
Budget	Approximately 100 million NIS (₪)
Director	Oren Weinberg
Staff	300
Website	nli.org.il

Other websites

• Official site
• Saving the Holy of Holies of Jewish texts Archived 2009-09-09 at the Wayback Machine, by Nir Hasson on Haaretz