Summary: <br> <br> This time we chat with Paul Whitney the former City Librarian for Vancouver and primary author of the IFLA e-lending principles. Paul is a consultant, speaker and volunteer on library and public policy issues including access to content for the print disabled and copyright. He chairs the IFLA eLending Task Force. He has been a member and expert resource person on IFLA CLM since 1999. Paul has worked on public lending right issues as both a member of the Canadian Public Lending Right Commission and more recently as the author of the study eBooks and Public Lending Right in Canada completed for the Commission. <br> <br> <br> Paul recently spent time in New Zealand to attend the Reader's and Writer's Festival and graciously gave of his time to talk with librarians in Wellington and Auckland. I was lucky enough to meet him on his arrival in Auckland and arranged to catch up with him on his return before heading home, so we record this interview. <br> <br> <br> Paul is immensely knowledgable in this area, as can he heard in the podcast, where he talks extensively on the reasons for the IFLA e-lending principles, WIPO and IFLA. For anyone who has an interest in these topics or needing to find out more this interview will be invaluable.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>
