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| status       = NIFERTIK!
| maintainer   = Dare Pejić
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{{Infobox
| name                = Ivan Rakovec Institute of Palaeontology
| localname           = Paleontološki inštitut Ivana Rakovca
| logo               = Scientific Research Centre Slovene Academy of Science and Arts (logo).svg
| street              = Gosposka 13
| town                = SI-1000 Ljubljana
| map                 = http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lon=14.50483&lat=46.04775&zoom=17&layer=mapnik
| mailing address     = Znanstvenoraziskovalni center, Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti (ZRC-SAZU), P O Box 306, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
| telephone           = 386 (0) 1 470 6371
| fax                 = 386 (0) 1 425 7755
| website             = http://piir.zrc-sazu.si/
| email               = piir@zrc-sazu.si
| managed by          = Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU), Slovene Academy of Science and Arts
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Špela Goričan 
| role                = Head
| telephone           = 
| email               = spela@zrc-sazu.si
| telephone           = 386 (0) 1 470 6371
}}
}}

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The [[Ivan Rakovec Institute of Palaeontology]] was founded in [[established::1949]] and named after [[Ivan Rakovec]] (1899&ndash;1985), a Slovene geologist and palaeontologist. A part of the [[Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU), Slovene Academy of Science and Arts|Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU)]] at the [[Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU)]], the institute collects, conserves, studies, and interprets the rich fossil heritage of Slovenia. The findings of the institute are made known by publishing its research, teaching students, taking part in scientific conferences, presenting educational fossil displays, presenting public lectures, and developing palaeontological teaching resources.
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The Institute of Palaeontology comprises a library with access to various scientific databases: Science Direct (collection Earth&Planetary Science), Springerlink, Lyell Collection (''Journal of the Geological Society''), Micropaleontology Press, EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), and Web of Knowledge.

==See also==
* [[Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU), Slovene Academy of Science and Arts]]
* [[Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU)]]

== External links ==
*[http://piir.zrc-sazu.si/en#v Ivan Rakovec Institute of Palaeontology website]
*[http://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Rakovec Ivan Rakovec on Wikipedija] (in Slovenian)

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[[Category:Heritage research]]
[[Category:Cultural_heritage_education_and_research]]
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