Last winter I read an article in Haaretz (English ed.) that reported on the Rothschild Foundation coming to the rescue of the JNUL with financial support for the building of a new library - pending Knesset approval. Here is the article.
New Chapter in a Sad Saga by Aryeh Dayan (2/11/20007)
"It [Rothschild Foundation] would pay all planning and construction costs, and install all furnishings and equipment needed for operating one of the world's most technologically advanced libraries - but its role would end when the library opened. The state and the university would then have to find resources for the upkeep of the fancy building and operation of its cutting-edge technologies." -- excerpt
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JNUL becomes National Library of Israel
The National Library of Israel will become financially independent from Hebrew University within three years, able to raise funds on its own. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Posted to the ha-safran listserv Friday 25 Jul 2008 11:40:49 - 0700 Elhanan Adler
"On November 26th, 2007 the Knesset passed the National Library Law which set up the legal framework for changing the Jewish National and University Library from a department of the Hebrew University into the National Library of Israel.
Yesterday, (July 23, 2008) the president of the Hebrew University convened the first meeting of the directorate of the new library and officially changed the Library's status..." email excerpt
