Yaakov Rosenes and Aaron Kuperman,
You are right that the JNUL does not receives all the titles from
Haredi community, as the majority of publication from the Haredim is
regarded as "self-publishing". However, it is not unique to this
sector. Self-publishing by other sectors in the Israeli society, such
as Secular poetry books or memoirs, are difficult to get as well.
Many authors who publish this way simply are not aware about the
"Book Law" and when we apply to them they usually are happy and
honored to deposit their work. Furthermore, we do not find a
difference between the responses of Secular and Haredi authors to our
claims. According to our data, we estimate that the percent of
self-publishing from the Orthodox or the Secular sectors that the
Legal Deposit Department does not register is equal.
Sincerely,
Noa
Dr. Noa Fink- Shamit
Legal Deposit Department
The Jewish National & University Library
POB 39105 Jerusalem 91390
Tel. 02-6586286 Fax 02-6586315
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
