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Prof. JEONG-YEOU CHIU Graduate Institute of Library, Information and Archival Studies National Chengchi University, Taiwan joyo@nccu.edu.tw 1. Introduction Public Lending Right (PLR) will be piloted in Taiwan in January of the coming year 2020. It’s has been a concerned issue in fields of Taiwan’s libraries, authors and publishing, for observing this right’s scope of application and relevant implementation regulations. At the time of planning and piloting the public lending right, the Taiwan government has referred to overseas experiences, along with considerations of Taiwan’s publishing industry and cultural policies, for generating the most adequate implementation strategies and plans. In 2016, the International Authors Forum (IAF) had persuaded countries around the world to participate in the PLR campaign and suggested each country should “get the support of prominent public figures—particularly parliamentarians who may also be writers”. [1] The active initiat