Current issue
In an interview with the general director of the SNK, Eva Augustínová, you can read not only about the beginnings of her professional career, but also about her perception of the current state of libraries.
If you are interested in the topic of reading literacy and critical thinking, you can read the article by Roman Soóky from the Ľudovít Štúr Institute of Linguistics, in which he introduces you to the concept of interpretative competence and its influence on the success of disinformation campaigns.
In the current issue of The Library journal, we commemorate our former colleague Mária Okálová, who left us forever last year. However, her contribution to librarianship - and especially to bibliography - persists.
About the journal
Title: Knižnica: Časopis pre knihovníctvo (The Library: Journal for librarianship)
First published: November 2000
Periodicity: quarterly
Format: online
ISSN: 1336-0965
Registration number: EV 3528/09
Knižnica journal is a professional periodical published by the Slovak National Library with a focus on librarianship, information science and related fields. The goal of the journal is to present the activities of domestic as well as foreign libraries, with regard to innovative processes, technological innovations and the improvement of library and information services. Its framework topics include:
- current research in the library and information science field;
- information, reading and digital literacy;
- innovations in libraries;
- library and information services;
- education of librarians and information specialists;
- methodical management of libraries;
- bibliography;
- biography;
- protection of library funds.
Each paper undergo language proofreading and is published in Slovak, Czech or English, with abstracts in English. Authors can propose their paper for peer review process consisting of its qualitative evaluation made by two independent reviewers. The editors do not charge authors any fees for publishing in the journal.
More information about the requirements associated with publishing in Knižnica journal are available in the Publishing guidelines and Peer review process.