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FSS students and staff can remotely access ProQuest's Social Sciences Ebook Subscription which offers more than 30,000 e-books in the fields of social sciences.

FSS students and staff can remotely access PressReader which offers a vast array of magazines and newsapers from all over the world.

We are thrilled that the Japan Foundation has decided to support the Japan Corner in the EARL through the Grant Program for Japanese Studies Projects for fiscal year 2020-2021.

In order to gain new insights and perspectives on the future of EU-China relations, a panel within the MUN Salient 2020 conference was organised on June 29, 2020, by the MUN Club Slovenia, titled 'EU-China: Strategic Outlook'. Speakers on the panel included Ms. Nina Pejič, Head of Research Unit at the East Asia Resource Library and Young Researcher at the Centre of International Relations, the Ambassador of the EU to China, HE Nicolas Chapuis, and Mrs. Katja Geršak, Executive Director of the Centre for European Perspective.

JapanKnowledge Lib has published the 'Nihon Kokusei Zu-e (Graphs and Tables of Japan's National Census) 2019/2020 edition' today, on July 1st, 2020. As a data book, Nihon Kokusei provides a clear, organised and easy-to-understand commentary on Japan's social and economic situation.

During the recent outbreak of Covid-19, many countries came under the spotlight due to their (in)efficient response to the virus. Taiwan was expected to have one of the toughest crisis related to the virus due to its proximity and ties to China, where the outbreak caused a complete lockdown of Wuhan. However, defying these expectations, Taiwan kept the number of cases low. How was Taiwan able to keep its number of infections and deaths so low? How will the Covid-19 crisis affect Taiwan's standing in the international community and its future?

The reading rooms can only be used by members of the library. We still ask you, if possible, to place a request for the material you want to borrow in advance, using Cobiss. Daily newspapers and magazines cannot be used, nor can the computer room, study cells and lockers.Please disinfect your hands upon arrival and departure and respect the safety distance. The use of masks is mandatory if you are not at a safety distance of at least 1.5 meters.The use of masks is mandatory in all cases where the safety distance of at least 1.5 meters cannot be observed. The number of reading places is limited and the chairs are not allowed to be moved.
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What can we learn from the Taiwanese approach? The round table, organised by the Taiwan Study Center and the East Asian Resource Library, on the topic of »The Taiwan model for pandemic management and lessons for Slovenia« will address the lessons to be learned from Taiwanese response to the virus outbreak and the ways the crisis affected the international community’s perceptions toward Taiwan and its surrounding region.

Library is open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. We only borrow pre-ordered material for which a library member receives a reservation notification.

We got trial access to 24 Pearson's e-books until the end of June 2020.