Oct 15, 2025 | Events & Conferences, Latest News & Updates, Past Events & Conferences
Booking for our November Interlend 2025 event is now open! This is an in-person event taking place at the British Library, St.Pancras, Friday 14th November 10:30-16:00 (Please note AGM will take place 10:30-11:00 followed by optional tour of the British Library, talks begin at 12:30).
Please book your place here.
Light refreshments with be provided and there are catering options on site and nearby to purchase food – Eat, drink and shop at the British Library
We look forward to seeing you all there!
November at the British Library
Draft Programme
Friday 14th November, British Library St. Pancras
10:30-11:00 AGM – committee members + any interested parties
11:00-12:30 Tours, networking and nibbles – Sign up for an optional tour of the British Library at St Pancras via our booking form, we have tours starting at 11:00, 11:15, 11:30 -please note places are limited and offered on a first come, first served basis:
12:30- 13:15 Dr Andrew Cox & Dr. Suvodeep Mazumdar, School of Information, Journalism and Communication University of Sheffield
13:20-13.40 Copyright, AI and the Library – Kate Vasili, Copyright Officer, Middlesex University
13:40-13:50 Update from British Library
13:50-14:00 Update from the Forum for Interlending
14:00-15:00 Smart fulfilment and AI in resource sharing: transforming modern ILL services – Paul Jansen, Senior Product Analyst, Resource Sharing, OCLC
15:00 -15:25 Rochelle Pretsell & Lara Marshall from RNIB – 5 min Q&A
15:25- 15:55 Ian O’Sullivan from the BFI Reuben Library – 5 min Q&A
16:00 Close
Jun 12, 2025 | Events & Conferences, Latest News & Updates, Past Events & Conferences
Join us at Interlend 2025
Booking for Interlend 2025 is now open! This is a free event and will be online, held on Wednesday 25th June 10:00-16:30.
Please join via Zoom link, this will be sent to you following your registration.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
Final Programme:
| Session |
Timings |
Length |
Speaker |
| Welcome |
10:00-10:05 |
5 minutes |
Amanda Foster, Content Delivery & Copyright Librarian, Northumbria University, Chair of FIL Committee |
| They Asked For Everything: The Case of the Systematic Review That Swallowed the Library. |
10:05-10:40 |
20 minutes + questions
|
Tom Lennox, Library Services Supervisor, Leeds Beckett University & Liesl Rowe, Senior Digital Library Advisor, Leeds Beckett University |
| Update on WHELF+ |
10:40-11:10 |
20 minutes + questions
|
Bronwen Blatchford, Systems Librarian, Cardiff University |
| Update on current services |
11:10-11:40 |
20 minutes + questions |
Jo Cox, Key Account & Business Support Manager, British Library |
| Copyright and AI: What’s going on, and what can we do about it? |
11:40-12:10 |
20 minutes + questions |
Timothy Riley, Information Advisor (Copyright and Licensing) for University of Aberdeen |
| ALN Charging Project update |
12:10-12:30 |
15 minutes+ questions |
Beth Parry, Customer Services Manager, Leeds University, Chris Beevers, Document Delivery Supervisor, Huddersfield University, & Sarah Hornby, Assistant Librarian in Customer Services, Newcastle University |
| Lunch |
12:30-13:10 |
40 minutes |
|
| FIL Update
|
13:10 -13:20 |
5 minutes + questions |
Amanda Foster & Sarah Hornby |
| Kittiwake Trust Multilingual library |
13:20-13:50 |
20 minutes + questions |
Amina Marix Evans, Founder of the Kittiwake Trust Multilingual Library |
| Rapid ILL & Rapido
|
13:50-14:50 |
50 minutes + questions
|
Stacey Brown, Resource Acquisition & Supply Team Leader, Nottingham Trent University & Mike Ritchins, Director, Product Management, Clarivate |
| Break |
14:50-15:00 |
10 minutes |
|
| UKRR update
|
15:00-15:30 |
20 minutes + questions |
Alison Selina, Operations Manager (Storage, UKRR and Retrieval), British Library |
| Research Solutions
|
15:30-16:30 |
50 minutes + questions |
Gordon Brand, Academic Advanced Account Manager & Tony Landolt, Head of Business Development, Research Solutions
|
