New Look British Library Catalogue – Explore the British Library
The British Library has recently withdrawn their Integrated Catalogue and replaced it with Explore the British Library.
Explore the British Library FAQs.
Electronic Resources Survey 2012
FIL are once again working with Conarls and the North West Libraries Interlending Partnership to map electronic resources and related Inter Library Loan policies in the UK. A similar survey was undertaken in late 2010, the results of this can be found on the FIL website.
The comparison survey is now closed and we would like to thank everyone who participated. The results of the survey will be posted on the website in due course.
New Year, New Interlending!
FIL would like to wish all our members a very Happy New Year and we look forward to seeing you during 2012!
UK & Eire Theses Access – Updated Oct 2011
FILWe have now updated our UK and Eire Theses Access document (October 2011) and it can be viewed here or in our Documents Archive. The document has been extended to also cover the provision of theses through Open Access repositories as well as their availability through EThOS, the UK national thesis service.
FIL/LIEM Presentations
We now have the presentations from the joint FIL/LIEM Workshop held at the David Wilson Library (University of Leicester) on the 3rd November 2011 available for viewing.
Focused on the future of the British Library’s document supply service, getting to Customer Services personnel, abd also feature the first ever public demonstration of the new British Library Document Supply Service.
- Andy Appleyard, Barry Smith & Anthony Troman – The Future of the Document Supply Service/Integrated Request Management Delivery System
- Kate Ebdon, Jo Cox & David Clayforth – Customer Services: The Inside Story