Public book lending trial closes in on first payments
BOOSTING LOCAL TALENT:
Works qualifying for the program were checked out in libraries in Taichung and New Taipei City more than 790,000 times last year
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
Registration opened yesterday for authors and publishers to receive payments as part of a trial public lending rights program launched last year at two public libraries.
The three-year pilot program, organized by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture, allows Taiwanese authors, creators, publishers and registered non-governmental organizations to be compensated NT$3 each time one of their books is loaned at Taichung’s National Library of Public Information or New Taipei City’s National Taiwan Library, the Department of Lifelong Education said in a statement.