Sep 5, 2025 | Events & Conferences, Latest News & Updates, Past Events & Conferences, Presentations
Gathering of Ideas
The Forum for Interlending’s annual conference, Interlend 2025, took place online on Wednesday 25 June 2025. The event brought together speakers on a range of topics including AI and copyright, RapidILL workflows, multilingual library access, and systematic review support.
Slides and recordings from the presentations are now available below for anyone who would like to revisit the sessions or catch up on content they may have missed.
| Presentation |
Speaker |
Slides |
Video |
| They Asked For Everything: The Case of the Systematic Review That Swallowed the Library. |
Tom Lennox, Library Services Supervisor, Leeds Beckett University & Liesl Rowe, Senior Digital Library Advisor, Leeds Beckett University |
Slides |
Video |
| Update on WHELF+ |
Bronwen Blatchford, Systems Librarian, Cardiff University |
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Video 1
Video 2 |
| Update on current services |
Jo Cox, Key Account & Business Support Manager, British Library |
Slides |
Video |
| Copyright and AI: What’s going on, and what can we do about it? |
Timothy Riley, Information Advisor (Copyright and Licensing) for University of Aberdeen |
Slides |
Video |
| ALN Charging Project update |
Beth Parry, Customer Services Manager, Leeds University, Chris Beevers, Document Delivery Supervisor, Huddersfield University, & Sarah Hornby, Assistant Librarian in Customer Services, Newcastle University |
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Video |
| Kittiwake Trust Multilingual library |
Amina Marix Evans, Founder of the Kittiwake Trust Multilingual Library |
Slides |
Video |
| UKRR update
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Alison Selina, Operations Manager (Storage, UKRR and Retrieval), British Library |
Slides |
Video |
Sep 4, 2025 | Events & Conferences, Latest News & Updates, Past Events & Conferences
London Event
Following on from the very enjoyable FIL Online event we held in the Summer, we are pleased to announce that our next event is to be held in person at The British Library in London on 14 November. Booking information and a draft programme will be sent out nearer the time but timings will be 11-4 to include a tour of the BL and light refreshments.
We’re always on the lookout for speakers and interesting topics for these events, so if there’s anything you’d like to share please do consider delivering a session. Your presentation can be on any topic and can be either:
- A llightening talk- usually brief overviews which are 10-15 minutes long. Ideal for first time presenters.
- A full presentation- typically 30-40 minutes long.
If you would like the opportunity to present a session at the event, then please email Amanda Foster with a short outline of your idea.
Feb 4, 2025 | Events & Conferences, Latest News & Updates, Past Events & Conferences
FIL Calander
We wanted to update you on FIL events planned for this year. The FIL Committee have taken the decision to postpone the February event to November, returning to the original schedule of June and November. The planned summer FIL event will take place online on 25th June and the Call for Speakers is now open. Please get in touch if you would like to deliver a session or lightening talk.
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding an in person event in Newcastle on 9th April.
The event will take place between Newcastle University and Northumbria University and will provide an opportunity for networking and sharing experiences of current ILL practices, there will also be optional tours of both Libraries.
We look forward to seeing you in Newcastle and please do get in touch should you have any questions about any of the events
Dec 6, 2024 | Events & Conferences, Latest News & Updates
The next FIL event will be held online on Wednesday 12th February 2025. Details of how to book will be sent out nearer the time.
In order to make the program relevant we would like to give you the opportunity to present on topics that matter to you. Topics you might like to consider are:
- Obtaining Copyright cleared requests- how are you meeting this challenge?.
- Trends in ILL Demand: How has ILL changed in your library?
- Different Perspectives on an ILL service: We are really interested in hearing from different library services and how ILL works in different sectors. Whether you work in a public, NHS, academic, museum, prison or other specialist library why not take this opportunity to showcase the work you do.
- The savings challenge- have you made any changes? Is this impacting your service?
- Workflows and new technology– do you have anything to share?
Your presentation can be on any topic. It can be either a
- Lightening talk- these are usually brief overviews which are 10-15 minutes long. Ideal for first time presenters.
- Full presentation- these are typically 30-40 minutes long.
If you would like the opportunity to present at the event could you send a short outline to
Amanda Foster by no later than
Friday 24th January please?
Apr 17, 2019 | Past Events & Conferences
(Programme subject to change)
Day 1: 24th June
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| 09.00 – 10.00 | Registration and refreshments |
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| 10.00 – 10.05 | Jean Christopher: Welcome and housekeeping |
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| 10.05 – 11.00 | Keynote Barbara Band: Careers of the Future, Jobs of Tomorrow
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| 11.00 – 11.30 | Refreshments
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| 11.30 – 13.00 GROUP A | Visit to Belfast Central Library |
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| 11.30 – 12.15 GROUP B | British Library update about copyright and the supply of e-chapters and scans of articles |
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| 12.15 – 13.00 GROUP B | Denise Jones: Bits and Bytes
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| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch
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| 14.00 –15.30 GROUP B | Visit to Belfast Central Library |
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| 14.00 – 14.45 GROUP A | Denise Jones: Bits and Bytes
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| 14.45 – 15.30 GROUP A | Debs Jones-Davis: How we use Tipasa
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| 15.30 – 15.45 | Refreshments
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| 15.45 – 16.45 | Debbie Hicks: Reading Well and Reading Friends |
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| 16.45 – 17.00 | Day 1 round up
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19.30 – 20.00
20.00 – | Pre-dinner drinks reception
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| Day 2: 25th June |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | AGM
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| 09.45 – 10.45 | Keynote Kerr Gardiner: Analytics and ILL |
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| 10.45 – 11.15 | Refreshments
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| 11.15 – 12.00 | Ian Ibbotson: project re:share |
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| 12.00 – 12.45 | Alex McIlroy: Delivering on the CLA Licence for Health and Social Care Bodies, Northern Ireland |
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| 12.45 – 13.30 | Lunch
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| 13.30 – 14.15 | Lucía Meijueiro Barros: Interlending at Manchester Metropolitan University: service review |
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| 14.15 – 15.00 | Joanne Cox: British Library update
Jean Christopher: Conference round-up and close |
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| 15.00 – 15.30 | Refreshments
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The conference fee includes Monday night stay and all meals during the conference. If you need an extra night – Belfast Hilton have offered the following discounted room rates: Sunday at £205 b&b and Tuesday at £184 b&b if you tell them you are with the FIL conference.
