‘Are We There Yet? Document Delivery in Wales’

Forum for Interlending and Information Delivery
Welsh Event 9th May 2012 at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Workshop presentations now available from http://www.forumforinterlending.org.uk/past-events

• Getting to Know You – Using Social Media to Network Mandy Powell, CILIP Wales
• Books4U – Regional Partnership in Action Chris Clark, SE Project Officer & Julie Clement, Swansea Public Libraries
• FABLibraries – The Road to a UK National Catalogue Elizabeth Robinson, OCLC
• Open Forum Discussion
• British Library Update Kate Ebdon, British Library Customer Services Team Liason Officer

Are We There Yet? Document Delivery in Wales

Forum for Interlending and Information Delivery (FIL) are pleased to announce the return of the Welsh FIL Event, which will take place on the 9th of May 2012 at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff.

Cost: £25 FIL Members / £50 Non-members

The programme features news and developments from the British Library, regional ILL schemes, social media & an exchange of experience forum.

Places are limited to 28 delegates, so book now to avoid disappointment.  All booking forms need to be submitted by the 25th April 2012. 

Programme and booking form is available on the website: www.forumforinterlending.org.uk

The event is sponsored by CILIP Wales with support from the Kathleen Cooks Fund.

Document Delivery in Wales – Moving On

FIL Document Supply Workshop
Wednesday 12^th May 2010
10.30 a.m. – 3.15 p.m.

To be held at:
MRC Wales-The Media Resource Centre, Llandrindod Wells
http://www.mrc-wales.net/index.htm

An Exchange of Experience Workshop
An opportunity to share good practice, discuss problems and network with like-minded colleagues from across Wales.

Programme

10.30 Arrival and coffee

10.45 Welcome and introductions

11.00  CatCymru and Welsh ILLs: A Roundup of Recent Developments – Alyson Tyler (CyMAL)

11.30   Welsh ILLs and the SWAP scheme: A Public Library Perspective – Julie Clement & Grainne Forde, Swansea Public Library

12.00 British Library Update presented by Peter Robinson 

1.00   Networking Lunch

2.00   Open discussion section:
Some things we’ll talk about: Marketing Digital Services @ Bangor / From ILLOS to Relais @ Swansea / Have you developed a collaborative support network? / What changes are you experiencing; coping with possible funding cuts?

3.15   Close

Cost - Free to FIL members, refreshments and lunch included, non-members £30
(Annual FIL Institutional Membership is only £50 http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/fil/contact.html )

Registration: Places limited to 25

Car Parking available at the venue with potential lift sharing from Swansea/Cardiff/Aberystwyth/Bangor.

Contact c.rauter@swansea.ac.uk or mflancaster@uwic.ac.uk for more information.

Developing Document Delivery in Wales

Developing Document Delivery in Wales – A time to collaborate
FIL Document Supply Workshop
Thursday 14 May 2009 10.45 am – 3.15 pm
To be held at: The Library, University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC)
Cost – Free to FIL members and £30 to non-members, lunch included. Subsidised overnight accommodation may be available for participants wishing to travel from North Wales. For more information or a booking form contact: Marie Lancaster, UWIC at email: mflancaster@uwic.ac.uk

The focus of document delivery & inter library loan departments is changing to include scanning and other activities. If you would like to join this informal discussion workshop, we would welcome participants willing to share practical experiences and those wishing to have an opportunity to network. The Forum for Interlending (FIL) has very kindly agreed to sponsor this inaugural event. We would like to encourage cross sector participation and hope to see colleagues from all parts of Wales. 

Sessions will include: past, present and future of document delivery: experiences at UWIC and Swansea University; British Library update; open discussion – suggested topics include future collaboration – what can it do for you, problems supplying journal articles from electronic subscriptions, alternative ILL sources.