New Online Book Request System in the National Library

We are delighted to announce that on Sunday, 22.5.2011, we are introducing a new online request system for ordering items from the stacks. This service will replace the current method of ordering, using printed slips. After this date we will no longer accept requests on these slips.

This new online service will improve the lending services of the Library significantly: It will be possible to request items before you come to the Library, follow the status of the request using your reader's card, and receive notification by email, when the item arrives in the reading room or if it has not been found. The online process will lead to a decrease in the number of mistakes that are common when request slips are filled in by hand and should thus greatly reduce the number of negative responses.

To be eligible to use the online request system, you must have a reader's card. This can be applied for directly via the online catalogue. Readers who have a Library card will only have to enter their details. A reader will be allowed a quota of 20 items at any one time.

Please note that during the first two weeks, until Sunday 5.06.2011, you must process any items which are currently in the reading rooms on your name: please come to or call the reading room desk to receive your slips or details of the items and reorder each one online using the new system. Items which are not processed in the new system during this period will be returned to the stacks. You will have to request the items again from scratch.

Guidelines and explanations can be found in the reading rooms and on the Library's website. Staff members will be available in the reading rooms, circulation department, and reference room, to assist readers during this transition period.

We would appreciate your patience and cooperation during this initiation period.

For any further questions, please consult the service desks or contact the Circulation Department, 02-6585004.

Following the Request for Information above, which was published to the public by the National Library, it is announced that according to the decision made by the Board of Directors, on the 25.11.2010, the tender committee of the National Library, approved in its meeting of the 28.10.2010 (meeting 12.2010) the selection of Memnon Archiving Services as a tender for provision of digitization and additional services relating to Audio recordings of the Sound Archive Collections.

 (Published 31.01.2011)

Advance notification for receipt of information from suppliers of Non-Hebrew books published outside of Israel:
 

1. As part of the National Library of Israel's renewal process, the Library requests preliminary information from book suppliers regarding the supplying of non-Hebrew titles published outside of Israel.
    

2. In the future, the National Library may request offers from parties interested in supplying book titles.
    

3. Suppliers interested in the above venture are requested to contact Mrs. Yael Hacohen (e-mail only: yael.hacohen@nli.org.il) from the Acquisitions Department of the National Library, no later than November 11th 2010, in order to receive the relevant documents.
    

4. Replying to this notification is not a prerequisite for participation in any future supplier selection process, and submission of information by interested parties does not confer advantage in any future supplier selection process that may take place.
    

5. The National Library retains the right to contact any information provider in order to receive further explanation and clarification, or to request an interview.

Israel became a member of the OECD on 10 May 2010:
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is a forum of countries committed to democracy and the market economy. Israel became a member of the OECD on 10 May 2010. As the designated Depository Library of the OECD in Israel , the National Library has access to SourceOECD, the OECD's Online Library of Statistical Databases, Books and Periodicals.