UVODNIK 
23. junija 1955 je predsedstvo Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti 
potrdilo program oziroma gradivo za prvo številko glasila razreda za prirodoslovne 
in medicinske vede oziroma Inštituta za raziskovanje krasa Slovenske akademije 
znanosti in umetnosti, z naslovom "POROČILA - Acta carsologica". Še istega 
leta, decembra 1955, so bila Poročila tudi tiskana. 
Ko človek gleda to prvo številko slovenskega vodilnega krasoslovnega glasila 
izpred 40 let in jo primerja z današnjo, se mu zazdi, da se na zunaj ni dosti 
spremenilo. Razpored napisov je bolj ali manj isti, besedilo tudi, vse skupaj na 
bolj enolični osnovi, prva številka na grobi rjavo-sivi lepenki, zadnja številka na 
beli, gladki. 
Toda majhne spremembe, ki jih človek, ki naslovnico le pogleda, niti ne zazna, 
kažejo tudi na razvoj organizacije, inštituta in ne nazadnje tudi same vsebine 
glasila. Prva številka je imela naslov POROČILA (z velikimi in rdečimi črkami), 
pričujoča, XXIV številka, ima ravno obratno, ACTA CARSOLOGICA veliko in 
rdeče, podnaslov pa ni več "poročila': ampak "krasoslovni zbornik". Glasilo se je 
v resnici iz inštitutskih poročil spremenilo v osrednje krasoslovno glasilo na 
Slovenskem, s težnjo prodora v svet. Prva številka je na vsega skupaj 175 straneh 
vsebovala tri razprave (avtorji so bili vsi sodelavci inštituta) ter šest poročil, prav 
tako večinoma izpod peresa sodelavcev inštituta. Pričujoča številka pa na skoraj 
600 straneh prinaša 45 prispevkov 43 avtorjev iz 13 držav, od Španije do Rusije, 
od Velike Britanije do Italije, in vsi prispevki so v tujih jezikih. 
V prvi številki je avtor enega od poročil (o jami in potoku Mitoščici) Ivan 
Gams, ki mu je posvečena tudi XXIV številka. V njej so objavljeni prispevki, 
predstavljeni na mednarodnem simpoziju "Man on Karst" 1993 v Postojni, 
posvečenemu 70-letnici prof Gamsa. Njemu, ki je bil sodelavec Acta carsologica 
torej od začetka, od njene prve številke, in je v teh 40 letih v njej vsega skupaj 
objavil za 221 strani prispevkov, je XXIV številka posvečena v celoti. 
In s tem tudi uredniški odbor dolgoletnemu sodelavcu zbornika in članu 
njegovega uredniškega odbora od 1983, nekdanjemu članu Inštituta za raziskovanje 
krasa in članu IV razreda SAZU, jubilantu iskreno čestita! 
Urednik 
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PREFACE 
On lune 23, 1955 the Presidency of the Academia Scientiarium et Artium 
Slovenica confirmed the program and the material for the first issue of the 
publication of the Academy's Classis Iv- Historia Naturalis et Medicina, Institutum 
Carsologicum respectively, entitled REPORTS - Acta carsologica. The same year 
in December 1955 the publication was printed. 
When one looks at this first volume of the Slovene leading karstological 
publication from 40 years ago and compare it with the actual one it seems, that 
the extemal appearance did not change much. The distribution of titles and texts 
is more or less the same on rather monotonous base, the first number on rough 
grey-blue carton and the last volume on white, smooth one. 
But small changes, not evident at once if looking to the title-pages, indicate the 
development of the organisation, of the institute and, obviously the change of the 
content of the publicatiott. The first volume was entitled REPORTS (capital red 
letters) and this one, the 24th volume is just the opposite, Acta carsologica in 
capital red letters and the subtitle is no more Reports but Karstological Miscellany. 
In fact the publication evolved from the Institute's Reports to central karstological 
gazette in Slovenia tending to make its way to the world. The first volume 
included on 175 pages three treatises (alf the authors were Institute's employees) 
and 6 reports, mostly written by the Institute's workers. The present volume offers 
on almost 600 pages 44 papers of 42 authors from 13 countries, from Spain to 
Russia, from Great Britain to Italy and alf the papers are presented in foreign 
languages. 
The author of one of the reports in the first volume was Ivan Gams (About 
the Cave and Stream Mitoščica) and this volume is dedicated to the same person. 
These papers were presented at the Intemational Symposium Man on Karst in 
1993 at Postojna that was dedicated to the 70 anniversary of Prof Ivan Gams. 
The whole issue is devoted to the professor who contributes to Acta carsologica 
since its beginning and have published in these 40 years 9 treatises on 221 pages. 
In such a way the Editorial Board tries to thank to its member since 1983 and 
collaborator for long years, the former co-operator at the Karst Research Institute 
and member of the Classis Iv- Historia Naturalis congratulating at his jubilee. 
The Editor 
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