Presentation slides from FIL Online February 2024

Below are direct links to a selection of presentation slides from our FIL Online February 2024 event.

British Library session (Richard Ebden, Sam Tillet and Sally Harper British Library Service Update – Click Here.

British Library Results of Survey to Inform Future Collaboration around resource sharing – Click Here.

Future Strategy for Resource Sharing and ILL: the British Library response  – Click Here.

Newly set up national scheme of regional interlending practices (Jane Proctor). – Click Here.

WHELF+ Update (Bronwen Blatchford, Cardiff University). – Click Here.

Event News: Piloting copyright solutions: sustainable digital access to library stacks abroad” (Kate Parson, National Library of Sweden). – Click Here.

Booking for FIL Online February 2024 is now open!

We are pleased to announce that bookings are now open for the Forum for Interlending (FIL) Online Conference (UK), which will take place on Wednesday 7th February 2024, 10.00-13.00 (GMT).

We have a packed programme of talks for Interlending professionals, and we are sure there will be something for everyone.

Book Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQtglkTx3RGPQKwjpteXh5Gl8kYV3f5mv0ORji1A4DShlWcQ/viewfor

Session Timings Length Speaker
Welcome 10:00-10:05 5 minutes Amanda Foster, Chair of FIL Committee

 

British Library Results of Survey to Inform Future Collaboration around Resource Sharing

 

10:05-11:35 90 minutes Richard Ebden, Sam Tillet & Sally Halper
FIL Update 11:35-11:50 10 minutes + questions Amanda Foster, Chair of FIL Committee

 

Break 11:50-12:00 10 minutes
Newly set up national scheme of regional interlending practices

 

12:00-12:15 10 minutes + questions

 

Jane Proctor (Northamptonshire Healthcare)

 

WHELF+ Update 12:15-12:30 10 minutes + questions

 

Bronwen Blatchford, Cardiff University
Event news: “Piloting copyright solutions: sustainable digital access to library stacks abroad”

 

12:30-12:45 10 minutes + questions

 

Kate Parsons (National Library for Sweden)

 

Round-up and close 12:45-13:00 Amanda Foster, Chair of FIL Committee

 

Please join via Zoom link, this will have been sent to you following your registration.

FIL Online – February 2024

Our next FIL Online event will be taking place on 7 February. As part of the event will be holding a discussion around the future of FIL and future events. We would also be keen to hear from anyone interested in presenting at the event – anything from a lightning talk to a full session or even a topic for discussion! Please contact Amanda Foster (Amanda.foster@northumbria.ac.uk) if you would like to volunteer to contribute to the event or if you might be interested in joining our committee.

Watch this space for further details of the event and booking information.

Booking for Interlend 2023 is now open!

Interlend 2023 will be online again this year, held on Wednesday 5th July 2023 10:00-16:30

We have a varied programme which we hope will be of interest across the different sectors represented by our members and more widely.

Book your place here

Prices:
FIL members – FREE!!
Non-members: £40

Notice of the FIL Annual General Meeting:
FIL members please note that the AGM is included in the Conference Programme. If you wish to raise any issues please forward them to Caroline, (Caroline Long c.a.long@aston.ac.uk) our secretary, by no later than Wednesday, June 14th 2023 so that they can be included in the Agenda, which will then be circulated to members in advance of the meeting.

A Reminder about the FIL Interlending Awards

FIL Interlending Awards: Nominations
Help us celebrate the amazing service the ILL community provides. You can nominate yourself, your team or someone else entirely. The categories are:

  • Innovation in Interlending: There are always lots of changes and developments in our field. Have you tried something new and amazing? Invented a new way of working? Let us know!
  • Interlending – Above and Beyond: We are looking for individuals or teams who have gone way beyond normal working practice to help another individual or an institution within interlending.
  • Interlending – Rarest or most Random: Have you tracked down the last copy in existence or supplied something to an unusual library? Now is your chance for your story to shine.

(Nominations for the above three categories should be for work done within the last 12 months).

  • Lifetime Achievement: We are looking to celebrate someone who within their working life has made a difference, year on year within Interlending. Is that you, or someone you know?

Please send your nomination of no more than 300 words, clearly identifying the nominee and category, to our chair Amanda Foster, [amanda.foster@northumbria.ac.uk] before 21st June.

Winners will be announced at Interlend 2023.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

FIL Online February 2023

We’re pleased to announce that bookings are now open for our first event of the year, FIL Online February 2023, which will take place on Wednesday 8th February 2023.  We have a packed programme of talks for Interlending professionals and I’m sure there’ll be something for everyone.

Book your place here.

Programme:

Time Topic Speaker
10.30 – 10.35 Chair’s welcome Amanda Foster
10.35 – 10.55 ILL at the University of Liège François Renaville  (Uni of Liège)
10.55 – 11.15 Advice for ILL across the EU border Matt Voigts (IFLA)
10 MIN BREAK
11.25 – 11.45 ILL and Copyright Kate Vasili  (Middlesex University)
11.45 – 12.15 Open Access: changes in publishing Leah Maughan (Northumbria University)
12.15 – 12.45 Lunch Break
12.45 – 13.25 OCLC update: Exceed your library users’ expectations with fast interlibrary loan Gemma Burke (OCLC)
13.25 – 13.40 NHS ILL and SWIRLs Stella Scott (Hants healthcare library)
10 MIN BREAK
13.50 – 14.00 BL updates Jo Cox (British Library)
14.00 – 14.35 Adventures in E-book lending: Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation Marc Hoffeditz (Tufts University)
14.35 -15.05 Licensing and the Interlibrary Lending of Ebooks: Opening Doors at the University of Connecticut Library Michael Rodriguez, Erika McNeil, Stan Huzarewicz (University of Connecticut)
15.05- 15.15 Discussion around the Covid spreadsheet and closing Amanda Foster

 

The event will be hosted on Zoom and run from 10:30 – 15:15 and there should be plenty of places for all. Instructions and the link to join the event will be sent to registered attendees a couple of days before the event.

Prices:

FIL members – FREE

Non-Members: £40

Booking closes on Friday 3rd February 2023 so don’t delay, book your place TODAY! After booking your confirmation will appear on the screen, but if you have any questions then please email us at: fil.committee@gmail.com.

Interlend 2022: Bringing ILL Communities Together

Summer FIL Conference 2022: Bringing ILL Communities Together

Weds June 29th 2022  Online

10.00 – 16.15

Programme

Time Subject Speaker
10.00 – 10.05 Chair’s welcome Amanda Foster (Northumbria)
10.05 – 10.20 Rapid ILL – workflows Carl Jones (Edinburgh)
10.20 – 10.35 Rapid ILL and Worldshare Alison Dyer (UEA)
10.35 – 11.00 NULJ – National Union List of Journals Stuart Glover (Uni hospitals Leicester)
11.00 – 11.10 Comfort break
11.10 – 11.25 Future events discussion Committee
11.25 – 11.40 NICE TBC
11.40 – 12.10 Alma Resource sharing Amanda Foster
Lee Blyth
Rebecca Turpin (Leeds)
12.10 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 13.20 AGM (members only) Committee
13.20 – 13.40 House of Commons Library  Greg Howard

Annabel Gladstone

13.40 – 13.55 BL update Jo C (BL)
13.55 – 14.10 Comfort break
14.10 – 15.00 ProQuest e-book lending Whitney Murphy
15.00 – 16.00 Article Galaxy for Academic (reprints) TBC
16.00 – 16.15 Awards and Closing Chair

 

Please use our Online Booking Form to secure your place. Click Here