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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...
November Interlend 2025 Presentation Slides
The November Interlend 2025 event took place on Friday 14 November 2025 at the British Library, St Pancras, bringing together colleagues from across the interlending and resource sharing community. Slides are shared with the permission of the speakers and reflect the...
November Interlend 2025 Booking Now Open!
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...