Israeli Book Statistic Hebrew Book Week 2009
The Hebrew Book Week 2009 will take place in Israel on June 10-20 June. Towards this event the National Library of Israel reports annual data about books published in Israel during 2008. The National Library of Israel is the deposit library of Israel, and receives, according to the "Books Act", two copies of each book, journal, cassette or disk published in Israel. During the previous year 7,414 new Israeli titles were registered by the Legal Deposit Department:6,384 books, 650 new periodicals, and 380 non-print titles, such as CDs and cassettes. In additions, 15,806 issues of current periodicals were received in the library. The Library's catalogue is the most comprehensive in Israel, and includes the vast majority of the titles published in Israel. During the last year the National Library of Israel has added to its database of Israeli publishers information on publishers from the earliest days of Zionist history. So far some 130 publishers, who have ceased to be active, have been listed and documented. The database is a rich source of information on the history of publishing in Israel. Its importance derives not only from the national and historic perspective, but also from its practical value. It maps the copyright of works that appeared in the Land of Israel and makes it possible to locate copyright holders and heirs to publishers no longer in existence (http://jnul.huji.ac.il/heb/lgd-publishers.html (. For more data see: http://www.jnul.huji.ac.il/eng/lgd-statistics-2009.html Noa Fink- Shamit MLS Ph.D Legal Deposit Department The National Library of Israel POB 39105 Jerusalem 91390 Tel. 02-6586286 Fax. 02-6586315 Email: n...@savion.huji.ac.il --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
