Slovak National Library (SNK)
The Slovak National Library plays a key role in preserving and making available Slovak documents. The Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic No. 126/2015 Coll. on Libraries precisely defines the tasks of the Slovak National Library: to supplement, register, process, preserve, protect and make accessible the universal library collection with special emphasis on Slovak language documents.
But what do these tasks mean for library users?
What is a Slovak document?
It is:
- printed or electronic book,
- a periodical or other type of document,
- published in Slovakia, in Slovak, by a Slovak author or about Slovakia.
Other SNK services
SNK offers a wide range of services for users:
- Interlibrary Loan Service (ILS and MMVS): If you are looking for a document that is not available in your library, we can provide it from another library in Slovakia or abroad.
- Resourcing: Do you need background information on a professional problem? Our team will help you navigate through the available literature.
- Access to electronic resources: We provide access to licensed and freely available databases of electronic information resources (EIR) to registered users of the SNK.
- Copying services: Under the Copyright Act, we provide copies of parts of documents from printed and electronic materials.
- Study rooms and consultations: Do you need space to study? There are study rooms in the SNK headquarters as well as expert consultation services - also available online.
- National Institute of Biography and the Literary Archive: The SNK's specialist departments can help you find biographical data about the writers or documents that have been preserved after them.
Profile of SNK library collections:
The collections of the National Library of Latvia cover a wide range of scientific and artistic disciplines:
- Science of science and methodology of sciences
- Theory of Culture, Art and General Art
- Librarianship, Informatics and Bibliography
- Museology, biography and archive studies
- Philology and Slavonic studies
- Literary science, history and criticism of literature
- Anthropology and ethnography (including folklore and folklore)
- Theatre and film
- Philosophy and religion
- History, genealogy and heraldry
- Music and Linguistics
- Medicine, psychology, education and training
These rich collections make the Slovak National Library a unique source of knowledge and inspiration for professionals, students and the public.
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