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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.

We are happy to offer trial access to Moazine, valid until 31 August 2020.

Kinokuniya is delighted to announce that their partner publishers are offering free access to their databases from 3/25/2020 to 4/30/2020.

Some publishers and providers of electronic resources have provided free access to some of their otherwise paid content and tools because of COVID-19 Pandemic.

During this time COSEC, CTL and UL libraries are organizing trial accesses to databases, e-books and e-journals. Trial accesses are generally till the end of June or in some cases till the end of July.

We got access to over 240 journals of the publisher De Gruyter. Access to the De Gruyter Online is available to students, employees and other users on the basis of IP authentication from the locations of the faculties of UL, CTL and NUL and also through remote access for students and employees of UL and CTL and for all members of NUL.