Background
He was born in Poprad and went to school in Bratislava.
He was born in Poprad and went to school in Bratislava.
He studied library science at the Comenius University, graduating in 1987.
He then worked at the Slovak National Library in Martin and at the Slovak Pedagogical Library in Bratislava. In 1993, he joined the staff of the Comenius University. Rankov lives in Bratislava.