@article{bibcite_7829,
  author = {Dusan Katuscak},
  title = {The Slovak National Library},
  abstract = {The origins of the Slovak National Library lie in the programme for national awakening elaborated by Enlightenment figures, such as Anton Bernol{\'a}k, at the turn of the eighteenth to the nineteenth century. The article describes the private libraries that eventually, under the care of the cultural institution Matica slovensk{\'a}, came to form the basis of the national library{\textquoteright}s collections. The national library itself, although it existed in a non-governmental form from 1941 to 1953 and its functions were then subsumed within Matica slovensk{\'a}, finally was established as an autonomous state institution in 2000. The library has assumed a leadership role in relation to Slovakia{\textquoteright}s library network and has prepared for the Government the Strategy for Development of Slovak Librarianship for 2007{\textendash}13. Having obtained extensive extra-budgetary funding it is driving a number of projects aimed at building and supporting the Information Society in Slovakia.},
  year = {2007},
  journal = {Alexandria},
  volume = {19},
  pages = {95-108},
  language = {English},
}