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Photo library

The photo library consists mainly of photographic material from excavations, topographic surveys, study excursions and publications by the Institute of Archaeology. The earliest images in our collection date back to 1928.

Author: Janez Dirjec
Period of creating: since 1950
Caretaker: Jernej Rihter, PhD
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Arkas

Arkas 2.0 is a research database of archaeological sites in Slovenia. Sites up to and including the Early Middle Ages that have been published in scientific publications are systematically included. Sites from urban topographies are excluded. In addition to descriptions of sites, the database also contains information on archival material held by the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovenian Archaeological Research Centre. Permalinks: Database: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12102/Arkas GIS: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12102/ArkasGIS Cite as LOZIĆ Edisa, ŠTULAR Benjamin, Low-code and ai-augmented Code for an Archaeological Database: Arkas 2.0. − Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences (published online ahead of print 2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/24523666-bja10037 If you refer to a specific site in the database in a scientific article, please cite by using the permanent link and ID. For example, for the site Divje Babe II: "https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12102/Arkas" (ID 010322.04). If you are referencing this site in a GIS application, then: "https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12102/ArkasGIS" (ID 010322.04).

Period of creating: since 1950
Caretaker: Edisa Lozić, PhD, Benjamin Štular, PhD, Lucija Lavrenčič
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Cave Registry

The Cave Registry, which is maintained in duplicate by the Speleological Association of Slovenia, includes all registered caves in the Republic of Slovenia (15,095 caves at the end of 2022). Paper documentation (descriptions, plans, photos...) is kept in cabinets, and a digital database is also derived from it.

Period of creating: since 1947
Caretaker: Nadja Zupan Hajna, PhD
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Cartographic collection and other documentation

The cartographic collection comprises 54 units, it contains 6,846 printed maps and 5,126 drawn maps, plans, sketches and diagrams. Cadastre of water objects – B includes 869 figures (1 running meter), cadastre of surface forms – C 525 figures (0.6 rm); cadastre of man-made structures – D (mines, tunnels, wells and boreholes) 85 numbers (0.1 rm), and the cadastre of the pre-war Istituto Italiano de Speleologia / Italian Speleological Institute – VG 3700 numbers (4 rm of material). Legacy funds of former colleagues, which contain typescripts, manuscripts, proofreading, photographic and other material, comprise 41 rm, and the archive of the institute's secretariat 68 rm. The data is from 2021.

Period of creating: since 1947
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Geographical Museum

The museum is kept all the important work issued by the Geographical institute and a number of collections. Map collection encompasses maps for different purposes and at different scales from 16. century onwards. Besides general purpose maps there are also different thematic and topographic maps as well as school wall maps. A great deal of the material is connected to the Slovene territory and the neighbouring countries. Atlas collection encompasses more then two hundred atlases from 17. century onwards. Picture collection comprehends postcards and photographs of Slovene settlements as well as limited number of copperplate printings and lithographies. Among the most work are the first and second edition of Valvasor's Die Ehre des Hertzogthums Crain (Glory of the Duchy of Carniola), Münster edition of Ptolemy's Geography and colour Flojančič map of Carniola. Other collections are a collection of older globes, a collection of statistical data on the Slovenian territory, a collection of material on the development of the geographic profession in Slovenia and the collection of the Triglav glacier. Link to the Geographical Museum.

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Period of creating: since 1946
Caretaker: Primož Gašperič, PhD
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The Database (PZSBL) and Archive of the Slovenian Biographical Lexicon (ASBL)

In order to comprehensively manage data related to various aspects of the preparation and management of the Slovenian Biographical Lexicon (SBL) project, the Database of the Slovenian Biographical Lexicon (PZSBL) was established in 2023, replacing the Slovenian Biographical Database. It allows for the management of data on the material in the Slovenian Biographic Lexicon Archive (ASBL) binders, the storage of digitised ASBL primary material, and the ongoing material produced by the New Slovenian Biographical Lexicon (NSBL) editorial team.

Period of creating: since 1925
Caretaker: Ahac Meden, Rok Kraigher