The Library for Jewish Education of the Hebrew University's Melton Centre for Jewish Education houses one of the most comprehensive collections of publications and multimedia resources in the field of Jewish Education. The collection consists of over 30,000 items in Hebrew, English, Spanish, French and Russian, which have been gathered from Israel and the Diaspora and represent the entire spectrum of Jewish ideologies and affiliations. The collection includes books and dissertations on Jewish education, classical and contemporary Jewish texts, background materials on Israel and Judaica, teaching aids and approximately 100 journals on Jewish Education and related fields.

The Resource Centre serves as a central repository for Jewish educational textbooks, supplementary teaching materials, and multi-media resources from all over the world. The educational materials which it places at the disposal of instructors, researchers, and students include the following:

* Textbooks for the teaching of Hebrew, Judaica, and Israel
Studies used throughout Israel and the Diaspora.
* Curricular materials developed in Israel and abroad.
* Teacher and student guides in all areas of Jewish education.
* Teaching aids, audio-visual materials, and educational games.
* An extensive collection of educational video cassetes.

The Resource Centre and Library for Jewish Education periodically publishes listings intended to keep Jewish educators in Israel and abroad up to date with its acquisitions and to help them locate Jewish educational materials throughout the world. Those listings include:

• New acquisitions of the Resource Centre and Library.

• An annotated bibliography of videocassettes in the collection.

• Names and addresses of publishers and distributors of Jewish educational materials in Israel and the Diaspora.