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Nifty Shades of Grey: Copyright Judgement in Interlending
By Kip A. Darling in consultation with Liesl Rowe FHEA This is a practitioner’s reflection on copyright and interlending, rather than legal advice. Copyright questions in interlending are rarely dramatic. They more often arrive disguised as perfectly ordinary...
Four Libraries, One Service: ILL at University of Dundee
By Finlay Beatson, Library Support Advisor, University of Dundee When Kip suggested this little morsel to me, I hadn’t quite realised what a unique situation it was. For the vast majority of our interlending colleagues, we have one or perhaps two libraries to keep...
Phil the ILL Frog: A Southampton Sojourn
By Lesley Gooding, Principal Library Assistant, University of Southampton Library In August 2026, our Associate Director, Dr Jonathan Chipp, presented the Acquisitions team at Hartley Library, University of Southampton, with a beautiful green plush frog from the...
Reflecting on Security Practices for Physical ILLs
Written by Kip A. Darling, with information collected and shared by Rachel Simcock, Collections Team Leader (Document Delivery), Library & University Collections, University of Edinburgh Back in March, I put out a query to colleagues regarding security levels for...
Summer Interlend 2026 Booking Now Open!
There's only two weeks to go until Summer Interlend 2026! FIL is excited to share our agenda for the conference. Emails with instructions on how to join the event will be sent on Monday 8th June. You can still register for Summer Interlend 2026 here. We look forward...
Summer Interlend 2026 Booking Now Open!
We're pleased to confirm that booking for Interlend 2026 is now open! This is a free event and will be online, held on Wednesday 10th June 10:00-16:30. Register here. A joining link for the event will be sent to you following your registration. The draft programme...