Ebook lending in UK public libraries

eBook Loans: an e-twist on a classic interlending service

Purpose – In April 2007, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI), in collaboration with Ingram MyiLibrary, launched the eBook Loan Service. The paper describes the management of challenges associated with the project as well as the background and context of the aims to eBook Loan Service model. Conclusions and future activities by the partners with regard to e-book...

Public lending right: prospects in South Africa’s public libraries?

This paper examines the origin of the Public Lending Right and the UK Public Lending Right Act 1979. It analyses whether the public lending right (PLR) that exists in some European countries, Canada and Australia may form the basis of establishing a PLR in South Africa's public libraries following a debate by the Academic and Non-Fiction Authors' Association of South Africa (ANFASA) as to wheth...

Practical and Economic Considerations

PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT (PLR) is a right to receive payment in respect of the lending of books (or possibly other materials) to the public. T h e right, which is usually accorded by law, is most commonly thought of as being appropriate to authors, but publishers have sometimes claimed an equal interest. Lending is usually understood to mean lending for use off library premises, but use within the ...

کاوشی بر مختصات مدل کنترل استراتژیکِ چشم‌انداز نهاد کتابخانه‌های عمومی کشور

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to achieve a model of useful strategic control that can be used in the public libraries affiliated with the Iran Public Libraries Foundation. Methodology: This is an exploratory research project, using a case study approach with an original orientation. Data has been collected through field surveys and descriptive statistical analysis methods have been ...

Book Review: Paperbacks in public libraries, The impact of non-fiction lending from public libraries