The Bezalel Academy has two libraries: the Central Library, located at the new Bezalel building in the Russian compound, 1 Zmora st. and the Architecture Department Library, located at the department's historical building in central Jerusalem, 1 Bezalel st.

Both libraries hold nearly 60,000 volumes of various materials: books, printed and electronic periodicals, CDs, video cassettes, DVD films and databases.

The subjects of our library collection reflect the curricula of the various departments and include materials in the various fields of art and design: 

• General Art 
• Jewish & Israeli Art 
• Architecture, Town Planning & Urban Studies 
• Visual Communication (Illustration & Comics, Graphic/Typographic Design, Advertising, Design for the Internet) 
• Industrial Design 
• General & Israeli Photography 
• Ceramics & Glass 
• Jewelry, Fashion 
• Decorative Art 
• Screen-Based Arts (Animation, Video, New Media, Documentary Cinematography, Video Art) 

Additionally, the library collection includes books on the history and theory of art and design, architecture and culture, general topics in the humanities, social and natural studies and many more. 

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