May 27, 2026 | Events & Conferences, Latest News & Updates, Upcoming Events & Conferences
Join us for our online Interlend 2026 Conference.
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 to seeing you (virtually) there!
| Timings |
Topic & Speaker |
| 10:30-10:40 (10 min) |
Welcome, housekeeping
Kip A. Darling, FIL Chair
Your FIL Committee
Joanne Booker, (Bodleian), Roana Mourad (Glasgow Caledonian), Sarah Hornby (Newcastle University), Muriel Munguia (Edinburgh University), with apologies from Alex Priestman (Warwick University) & Jo Cox (British Library) |
| 10:40-11:20 (40 min) |
British Library High Density Print Storage
Jonathan Meeson (BL) |
| 11:20-11:40 (20 min) |
BL Update
Richard Ebdon (BL) |
| 11:40-12pm |
BREAK – opportunity to network in breakout rooms (20 min) |
| 12pm- 12:20 (20 min) |
Lightning Talk: ILL Copyright – UK Statutes and Overseas supply
Andrew Johnson (Sheffield University) |
| 12:20 – 12:40 (20 min) |
The Barbican Music Library, the IAML UK & IRL Documentation Committee and the Encore Monitoring Group
Charlotte Jones (The Barbican Music Library) |
| 12:40 – 1pm (20 min) |
Lightning Talk: Redefining ILL: RLUK CSN’s vision
Helen Faulds (University of St Andrews) and Jonathan Chipp (University of Southampton) |
| 1pm-1:45pm |
LUNCH BREAK (45 min) |
| 1:45- 2:45pm (60 min) |
ISO Panelists & discussion:
- Bronwen Blatchford (Cardiff University, on behalf of WHELF+),
- Kevin O’Donovan (London School of Economics)
- Allen Jones (The New School)
|
| 2:45-3:15 (10 min)
(20 min) |
The Google status update sheet/ making use of the FIL website
Roana Mourad (Glasgow Caledonian), on behalf of FIL Committee
An update on future plans for FIL
Kip A. Darling, FIL Chair |
| 3:15 – 3:35 |
BREAK – opportunity to network in breakout rooms (20 min) |
| 3:35-4pm
(25 mins) |
Building a National Lending Network in Australia
Allen Jones (The New School Libraries, NY, USA) |
| 4pm |
Close |
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 to seeing you (virtually) there!
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
|
Jun 12, 2024 | Events & Conferences, Latest News & Updates, Past Events & Conferences
Interlend 2024 will be online again this year, held on Wednesday 26th June 10:00-16:15 via Zoom.
Please join via the Zoom link, which will be sent to you following your registration. We look forward to seeing you all there.
Please note this is a draft programme and subject to change.
| Session |
Timings |
Length |
Speaker |
| Welcome |
10:00-10:05 |
5 minutes |
Amanda Foster, Chair of FIL Committee |
| Introduction to ILL |
10:05-10:40 |
35 minutes + questions
|
Helen Hall, Liverpool University & Sarah Hornby Newcastle University |
| Report from collective licensing session workshop |
10:40-11:25 |
40 minutes + questions
|
Amanda Foster, Chair of FIL Committee, Kate Parson, National Library of Sweden & Susan Mair, Copyright Advisor at Northumbria University |
| New CLA license and what it means for interlending |
11:25- 11:45 |
15 minutes + questions
|
Kate Vasili, Copyright Librarian, Middlesex University |
| ILL Benchmarking |
11:45-12:30 |
40 minutes + questions |
Beth Parry (Leeds University), Chris Beevers (University of Huddersfield) and Kenny Whyte (University of York). |
| Break |
12:30-13:00 |
30 minutes |
|
| EX Libris on Rapido from the perspective of Cardiff with Bronwen Blatchford |
13:00 -14:05 |
60 minutes + questions |
Bronwen Blatchford, Systems Librarian at Cardiff University & Judith Fraenkel, Director of Product Management & DEI Strategy |
| EBSCO OpenRS |
14:05-14:50 |
40 minutes + questions |
Mark Allcock, Director, Product Management, EBSCO |
| Break |
14:50-15:00 |
10 minutes |
|
| Update on Reprints platform |
15:00-15:25 |
20 minutes + questions |
Tony Landolt, Reprints- Head of business development & Gordon Brand |
| Lightening talk: RapidILL Working Group |
15:25-15:40 |
10 minutes + questions |
Kip Darling, IGeLU RapidILL Working Group |
| Update from BL
|
15:40-15:55 |
10 minutes + questions
|
Jo Cox, British Library
|
| Round-up and close |
15:55-16:05 |
10 minutes |
Amanda Foster, Chair of FIL Committee |
Mar 19, 2018 | Past Events & Conferences
Programme for Interlend 2018*
Day 1: 25th June
09.00-10.00 Registration and refreshments
10.00-10.05 Welcome and housekeeping
10.05-11.00 Keynote: Ayub Khan (CILIP President) – Rethinking the Library
11.00-11.30 Refreshments
11.30-12.15 Michael Webb & Abimbola Alayo (Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust) – BaseDoc: a tool for managing inter-library loan requests
12.15-13.00 Alan Dawson (Bangor University), Marie Lancaster (Cardiff Metropolitan University) & Gareth Owen (WHELF) – WHELF Consortium ‘Reciprocal Borrowing Partnership’ – Sharing is Caring.
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.45 Shirley Cousins, Copac Service Manager, Jisc and Bethan Ruddock, National Bibliographic Knowledgebase project manager, Jisc – The Jisc National Bibliographic Knowledgebase (NBK) and interlending
14.45-15.30 Saskia van Elburg & Nicola Tricker – Plymouth University Library 2018 inter library loan review and BL ILL API implementation – method and outcomes
15.30-16.00 Refreshments
16.00 – 16.45 Natalie Guest (Reading University) – Reviewing and shaping interlending’s place within your organisation
16.45–17.00 Day 1 round up
19.30-20.00 Pre-dinner drinks reception
20.00 – Conference dinner
*Programme subject to change
Day 2: 26th June*
09.00-09.30 AGM
09.30-10.30 Keynote: Donna Lanclos (Associate Professor for Anthropological Research) -www.donnalanclos.com
10.30-11.00 Refreshments
11.00 – 12:30 Andy Priestner – Lego Serious Play (Group A) 11:00 – 11:45 Rebecca Turpin & Sophie Lindley – International Interlending at the University of Leeds Library 11:45 – 12:30 Amanda Foster & Lee Blyth – From Interlending to On Demand: the journey to digital transformation at Northumbria University Library (Group B)
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15:00 Andy Priestner – Lego Serious Play (Group B) 13:30 – 14:15 Rebecca Turpin & Sophie Lindley – International Interlending at the University of Leeds Library 14:15 – 15:00 Amanda Foster & Lee Blyth – From Interlending to On Demand: the journey to digital transformation at Northumbria University Library (Group A)
15.00-15.30 Refreshments
15.30-16.15 British Library Update
16.15-16.30 Conference round-up and close
*Programme subject to change
