Ed Vaizey

Following the release of the Sieghart report on the UK library system, in full the ”Independent Library Report for England,” the current UK government has announced its official response. As reported in The Bookseller, Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, has welcomed the report and agreed to the implementation of the libraries task force […]

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A group within the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)—the UK’s professional association for librarians, and not normally a hotbed of sedition—has grown so incensed with the implementation of library policy that they’re calling for a vote of no confidence in Ed Vaizey, the UK Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries with [...]

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A letter sent by Ed Vaizey, the UK Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, to Nicola Solomon, General Secretary of the UK Society of Authors, has confirmed the extension of England’s Public Lending Right scheme to e-books and audio books borrowed from public libraries. The full text of the letter is here. “I am [...]

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By Andy Richardson, CEO of Influential Software Last week the UK Culture minister, Ed Vaizey, bowed to sustained pressure from publishers and The Society of Authors and announced a government review of e-book lending that will have important implications for the British book trade. The review’s stated objective is to look into the “possible consequences of [...]

In the UK, culture minister Ed Vaizey is holding a review into e-book lending in libraries, and is receiving advice from a number of industry lobbies. The All Party Parliamentary Group on libraries has proposed requiring physical visits to the library to check out e-books, and also that any money received from charging a patron [...]

The British government is preparing to announce a review into ebook lending following calls from the opposition to move libraries "into the 21st century".

Although some of the UK's library authorities do offer ebook lending, many do not, and many publishers have been wary of making their digital titles available for lending, meaning the range of ebooks in libraries is often restricted.