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Educational Lending Rights: Supporting Australian literature and schools

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For 25 years, the Educational Lending Right (ELR) school library survey has helped keep Australian literature thriving by ensuring creators are fairly compensated when their books are used in schools.

Education Services Australia

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The Australian Government’s Lending Rights scheme sees Australian authors, illustrators, and publishers compensated for the free use of their books held in educational and public libraries. 2024 was the 25th year that ESA has had the pleasure of delivering this survey on behalf of the Australian Government’s Office for the Arts.

Help us celebrate ELR's milestone as we prepare for the 2025 survey and meet the schools who won book prizes for completing last year's survey in this article, published via SCIS Connections.

 

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Education Services Australia (ESA) was established by education ministers in 2010 to help advance nationally agreed education initiatives. We collaborate with government schools and industry to create sustainable, transformative solutions that promote equitable access to quality education from early childhood through to secondary school.
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​Educational Lending Right (ELR) School Library Survey

​Supporting Australian authors, creators and publishers

The Australian Government's Lending Rights scheme ensures Australian book creators are compensated for the free use of their work in public and educational libraries. On behalf of the government, ESA delivers a school library survey to collect book holdings data.

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