(3 Apr 2023) Funding for the country’s largest digitized archive has been announced, after months of the National Library of Australia (NLA) calling for more financial support. In its upcoming May budget, the federal government has promised $33 million over four years to the NLA. The NLA, which runs digital archive database Trove, will…
(21 Dec 2022) Federal funding for the National Library of Australia’s digital resource, Trove, runs out in six months and without additional government support the popular archive could cease operations from next July. The beloved platform receives more than 22 million visits each year and has been caught in the same financial crunch impacting the National…
(27 Jun 2020) From the Canberran Times: Canberrans will now have access to a new and improved treasure trove of information as the National Library launched its new program on Friday. More than 3000 Australians contributed to a new and improved Trove system, which was unveiled after four years of work. The federal government announced a…
(26 October 2018) Australians have a truly unique resource in the National Library’s Trove, and it needs to be protected The National Library of Australia’s Trove brings together freely available content from libraries, museums and archives, supporting online discovery of the country’s documentary heritage. Trove is also that rare beast: a digital heritage platform with…
Discovering serialised fiction in Trove’s digitised newspapers (28 February 2018) Literary historian Katherine Bode describes how she and bibliographer Carol Hetherington used Trove to create a database of over 21,000 novels, novellas and short stories published in early Australian newspapers. This database enables anyone to read, explore, correct, add and export the fiction early Australians…
(31 May 2016) It’s been one year since Trove started working with ORCID. The ORCID site enables researchers to create a more complete overview of their work. You may remember from our previous blog, Spot the Blue Square that ORCID helps researchers claim the work they’ve written, the data sets they’ve created, the funding grants they’ve…
(12 February 2016) Over the past three years the National Library of Australia has been working through replacement of its digital systems. In January this year the new delivery system for maps and other pictorial formats was launched, and added to people’s ability to use the materials. Nearly 40,000 maps from over 18,0000 catalogue records…
(26 September 2015) Under an innovative digital library program, the National Library of Australia (NLA) is redeveloping infrastructure to manage its huge digital collections and provide access to collections from hundreds of libraries across its network, reports Shahida Sweeney on the CIO website. The library is expanding its online and mobile services for Australian and…
(21 July 2015) Yvonne Perkins appreciates Australian libraries and archives in her Stumbling Through the Past blog. Participants at the recent Global Digital Humanities conference will remember the prominent contributions of Australian historians, Tim Sherratt, Julia Torpey and Peter Read. But I also want to highlight the more low profile but no less important contribution of Australian cultural…
(11 February 2015) Cat kills giant stingray, death by poodle dog, 15 years of insomnia, very unfortunate accidents, big babies, autobiography of a parrot and a whole lot more which will bring a smile to your face, are in the Trove Top 25 for 2014. Suspend your disbelief while you enjoy the most popular stories…