Israel’s National Library puts collection online

04.12.2011                      08.Kislev. 5772

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Israel's National Library puts collection online

New website gives public access to huge amount of books, periodicals, maps, photos and musical selections.

The National Library of Israel has just launched a website giving the public access to a huge collection of materials, including books, periodicals, maps, photos and musical selections from the library collection. The website, which took two years to develop, is the most comprehensive content-based website in Israel. It can be found at: www.nli.org.il.
"There was a need, a burning organizational need, to create the right infrastructure for all the content the library provides," said Orly Simon, who heads the public services division at the library, situated at the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "In the past, when you wanted to look for something, you needed to know the specific project [where it could be found] and look there. Now we aim to put all of the material in one place, in one digital library."…