- Anton Melik Geographical Institute
The Anton Melik Geographical Institute was founded in
1946 by theSlovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts , and in1976 it was named after the Slovenegeographer and academy memberAnton Melik (1890-1966), who was the first head of the institute. Since1981 , the institute has been one a members of the Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Until1992 the institute was mainly engaged with researchingglacier s, glacial and fluvial transformation of the land surface,flood ed areas, natural disasters, mountain farms, in Slovenia and social geography. Since1993 the institute's main task has been to conduct geographical studies ofSlovenia and its landscapes and to prepare basic geographical texts onSlovenia as a country and as a part of theworld .Research is mostly directed towards physical, social, and regional geography and thematic
cartography . Today it has nine organization units:* the Department of
Physical Geography ,
* the Department ofSocial Geography ,
* the Department ofRegional Geography ,
* the Department ofNatural Disaster s,
* the Department of Environmental Protection,
* the Department of the Geographical Information System,
* the Department of Thematic Cartography,
* the Geographical Museum, and
* the Geographical Library. The institute also houses a map collection and three specialized geographical collections: Landscapes of Slovenia, Settlements of Slovenia, and Glaciers of Slovenia. The institute is also headquarters of the Commission for the Standardization of Geographical Names of theGovernment of the Republic of Slovenia (Komisija za standardizacijo zemljepisnih imen Vlade Republike Slovenije).The Institute publishes three scholarly publications. "
Geografija Slovenije " (Geography of Slovenia) is a series of books that appears in Slovene once or twice a year. "Acta geographica Slovenica/Geografski zbornik " is a journal published twice a year in English and Slovene. The articles can be downloaded in Slovene or English from the institute homepage ( [http://www.zrc-sazu.si/gi/publications.htm www.zrc-sazu.si/gi/publications.htm] ). "Geografski informacijski sistemi v Sloveniji" (Geographical Information Systems in Slovenia) is a bulletin published every second (even) year in Slovene.See also
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United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names External links
* [http://giam.zrc-sazu.si/ The Institute webpage]
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