This papergivesthedefinitionofpubliclendingright, and states the IFLApositiononpublic lending rightand IFLA recommendations concerning the introductionormodification of PLRsystems.
The annual report by the PublicLendingRight(PLR), who oversee payments to authors for the loan of their books, also revealed that library lending had dropped by around 4% in 2012, with 200 branches closing over the past year.