The Development of Archives in the Slovak Republic

Abstract

Summarizing analysis of development of the archive system in Slovakia is carried out. The author outlines basic steps of formation of Slovakia archive business. He considers formation of archival institutions and the activities of the State Inspectorate of Archives and Libraries in Slovakia during the interwar period. The active organizational function of the archival services did not stop during the Second World War, and the authorities of the Slovak state were especially patronizing the church archives. The post-war communist Czechoslovakia government paid a great deal of attention to the archival affair. The legislative base of its functioning is found out. Bibliographic systematization of archival documents is started and the basic laws (1975, 2002) about the regulation of archival affair are accepted in the second half of the 20th century. This article examines the main archive institutions of the Slovak Republic on the modern stage. The author schematically described the function of the Slovak National Archives, the Archives of the Institute of National Memory, the State Archives in Prešov. The basic rules of access to the archive materials in Slovakia archives repository for researcher are reflected. The author touched on the modern Slovak projects of the digitization of archival documents and their application in the Internet. He also clearly identified the main problems in the development of the Slovak archival affair at the present stage, including reducing the staff of archivists, insufficient funding, and a sharp increase in the volume of documents arriving in the archives.   Borovets, I. (2018). The Development of Archives in the Slovak Republic. Mìžnarodnì zv’âzki Ukraïni: naukovì pošuki ì znahìdki – The International relations of Ukraine: scientific searches and findings, 27, 349-362 [in Ukrainian].