Public Lending Right

march plr e-news



	March 2008


	Welcome to the first PLR e-News for 2008. Statements Statements for the PLR year 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 were made available online on 4 January for those with an account. For those who do not have an online account, paper statements were posted on the same day. Payments £6.66 million was distributed to 23,942 recipients on 5 February 2008. 359 authors received the maximum payment of £6600. Further information on payments and latest developments is available in PLR News which accompanied the statements in January. Media Release Our Media Release and details of the latest annual figures on library lending (eg most borrowed authors, titles and chart toppers) for the PLR year 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007are also available to view in the media centre section of the website. Book Registration If you have any new titles which you wish to register before the 30 June 2008 deadline, please do not ‘save’ them until the last minute. Give yourself peace of mind and help us to spread the workload by registering any additional titles now. You can register via your secure online account (you can apply for a login if you do not have an online account), download an application form or request a form to be posted to you.



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PLR Funding

	We currently receive £7.68 million in Government funding. This will drop to £7.43 million in 2008-09 but will rise slightly to £7.58 million in 2009-10. In 2010-11, funding will return to £7.68 million. At the same time as the reduction in overall funding, PLR is expected to make substantial savings in our running costs as part of a wider government programme of cost-cutting. To meet these targets we have been obliged to reduce staffing levels. For most of the year we think we will be able to maintain our present high levels of service. We may find it difficult to manage the workload during peak periods in late June (as we approach the annual deadline for registrations) and in early January (when we deal with large numbers of telephone and email enquires following the despatch of the payment statements). We are looking at different ways in which to handle the workload with a smaller staff complement. It’s too early to say what the impact of our reduced funding may be on the Rate Per Loan next year. The savings we are making in running costs will go some way to off-setting the overall cut in funding, and it is possible that we may be able to hold the Rate Per Loan at its present level.