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TheAnton Melik Geographical Institute (Slovene:Geografski inštitut Antona Melika) was founded in 1946 by theSlovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 1976 it was named after theSlovenegeographer and academy memberAnton Melik (1890–1966), who was the first head of the institute. Since 1981, the institute has been a member of the Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Until 1992 the institute was mainly engaged with researchingglaciers, glacial and fluvial transformations of land surfaces,flooded areas, natural disasters, mountain farms, and social geography. Since 1993 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 part of theworld.
Research is mostly directed toward physical, social, and regional geography and thematiccartography.
It has nine organizational units:
The institute houses a map collection and three specialized geographical collections: Landscapes of Slovenia, Settlements of Slovenia, and Glaciers of Slovenia. It is 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 inSlovene once or twice a year.Acta Geographica Slovenica /Geografski Zbornik is a journal published twice a year inEnglish and Slovene. The articles can be downloaded in Slovene or English from thejournal homepage.Geografski informacijski sistemi v Sloveniji (Geographical Information Systems in Slovenia) is a bulletin published every second (even) year in Slovene.
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