PLR and ELR face ‘greatest challenge since their inception’

17 January 2012 Books+Publishing

Australia's Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Educational Lending Rights (ELR) schemes face 'probably the greatest challenge since their inception' in the form of ebooks, according to the PLR committee's annual report for 2010-11. 'Public libraries are increasingly subscribing to ebooks as a result of demand from clientele,' the committee reports....