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Rose Holley: Trove Manager

National Library of Australia

rholley@nla.gov.au

Royal Australian Historical Society Conference, Richmond, NSW

23-24 October 2010

Finding information justgot easier for historians.

Macquarie: 200 yearsPhoto contributed by Desmond Onghttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11103611

The researchers desktop 2009

Image

Collections

Websites Databases

E-Journals

Archives Library

Catalogues

GoogleBooks

Scholar

Wikipedia

Youtube Flickr

Trove – single search/browse

Image

Collections

Websites Databases

E-Journals

Archives Library

Catalogues

GoogleBooksWikipediaFlickr YouTube

2010

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NLA Strategic Directions 2009-2011

“We will explore new models for creating and sharing information and for collecting materials, including supporting the creation of knowledge by our users. “

(not just NLA resources… all Australian content)“The changing expectations of users that they

will not be passive receivers of information, but rather contributors and participants in information services.”

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Trove Development

Learning the ‘art of with’ Charles Leadbeater

Not to peopleNot for people

WITH PEOPLE (USERS)

Public feedback drives the development:CRITICAL, RELEVANT, INTERESTING

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Content sources

Australian Collaborative Services

• ANBD – 1000 libraries• Pandora - websites• ARO - Research• RAAM - Archives• Picture Australia• Australian Newspapers

Open sources• Open Library (Internet

Archive)• Hathi Trust• OAISTER

Targets – websites•Amazon•Wikipedia•Google Books/Videos•Flickr

90 million items

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browse

groups/

zones

Single search

Restrict

search

Refine/limit search results

Get item

groups/zones results

Lachlan Macquarie (1762-1824)

Books, journals, articles

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Is it in copyright?

How do I refer to it?

How can I get it?BuyCopy

Borrow

Online

Hidden archives

Full text newspapers

Interaction at article level

Fix text – power edit mode

Interviews, oral history, video, music

Biographies

Wikipedia, Flickr, YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V8RyqhFnhY

Pictures – digitised and not

Minimise zones

Objects

Archived websites

Archived 2008

Archived 2010

Maps

Context – Tools - Lists

User generated content via Flickr

http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11103611

Desmond Ong, Sydney

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User generated content

http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37255844 By Nomad Tales

35http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37288101 Flexigel

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User Forum

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User profile

Your settings and history

Hall of Fame – Thank You!!

Total of 20 million lines corrected Sept 2010

rholley@nla.gov.au

rholley@nla.gov.au

Finding the pieces and putting them together for you.

Questions?