The Mehlman Library
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Director: Sharona Amity Email: sharonamity@tauex.tau.ac.il Phone No.: 03-6407917 Opening Hours: 09:00 - 15:30 Carter Building, Ground Floor, Tel Aviv University |
We are pleased to announce that the newly renovated Mehlman Library is now once again open to the public!
The Mehlman Library is a reference Library which contains more than 100,000 volumes. It is based on the Mehlman Collection, which was donated in the early 1970s by Dr. Israel Mehlman, a researcher, bibliophile, educator, collector, and also an early founder of Tel Aviv University. His unique, personal collection of Hebrew books – one of the largest and most significant private collections of such materials in the world – included some 25,000 items. Among them were numbered over 2,500 of the rarest volumes of Judaica from the very cradle of printing (fifteenth century) up to the twentieth century. The materials from his collection contained in Mehlman Library include books, rare volumes, and academic journals representing all fields of the history and culture of the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora: religious texts, polemics, Chasidism, philosophy, history, and Hebrew and Yiddish literature.
Library Services:
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Reference services - The Mehlman Library is a reference library and the books are available for use within the library itself.
To browse the Mehlman Library catalogue at DaTa search system >
For details please contact us by email: sharonamity@tauex.tau.ac.il
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Book order - The library staff recommends ordering books in advance.
Please fill out the book order form and the library staff will collect the books you need for your visit.
Once the process is complete, you will be notified by return email. The books will be held in your name at the desk for 5 business days.
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Photocopying, printing and scanning - The library has a copy machine that can be used for photocopy, print and scan, subject to copyright law (self-service, for a fee, details at the desk).
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MR Rare books collection - To browse books from the rare book collection, you must order the books in advance.
Please fill in the following form.
To browse the rare book catalogue at DaTa search system >
Once the process is complete, you will be notified by return email.
Please note: Rare books must be used exclusively within the Prof. Simonsohn Collection Room and cannot be borrowed or removed from the premises during the time of perusal.
Visitors are required to leave an identity card with the librarian.
- Journals - The Mehlman Library has many journals, some of which are cataloged in the DaTa search system.
The library staff is currently recording the additional journals that have not yet been catalogued. A partial list of journals is available here and is updated from time to time.
- Books for Sale - Books published by the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center are available for purchase at the library. The full catalogue is available here.
Payment is accepted by credit card only.
- Wireless Internet - The Mehlman Library has a full wireless connection throughout the library, via the university network: Free-TAU (password: free-tau).
The network does not require identification and does not include access to the databases. In order to access the databases, remote access must be configured in the browser on the computer.
