National Library of Israel

National Library of Israel
National Library of Israel
הספרייה הלאומית
	New building by Herzog & de Meuron (2023)
	31°46′38″N 35°12′12″E / 31.77722°N 35.20333°E
Location	Jerusalem, Israel
Established	1892
Reference to legal mandate	The Legal Deposit of generally available documents
Collection
Items collected	Unique collections of manuscripts, special collections of books, music, radio and television 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
Employees	367
Website	nli.org.il

The National Library of Israel (NLI; Hebrew: הספרייה הלאומית, romanized: HaSifria HaLeumit; Arabic: المكتبة الوطنية في إسرائيل), formerly Jewish National and University Library (JNUL; Hebrew: בית הספרים הלאומי והאוניברסיטאי, romanized: 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 in the Government complex (Kiryat HaMemshala) near the Knesset.

The National Library owns the world's largest collections of Hebraica and Judaica,^[1] and is the repository of many rare and unique manuscripts, books and artifacts.

^ "Judaica Collection". web.nli.org.il. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[1] "Judaica Collection". web.nli.org.il. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

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