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Rose Holley: Trove Manager
National Library of Australia
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
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
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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
Finding the pieces and putting them together for you.
Questions?