Rose Holley: Trove Manager National Library of Australia Royal Australian Historical Society Conference, Richmond, NSW October 2010 Finding information just got easier for historians. Macquarie: 200 years Photo contributed by Desmond Ong
The researchers desktop 2009 Image Collections WebsitesDatabases E-Journals ArchivesLibrary Catalogues Google Books Scholar Wikipedia Youtube Flickr
Trove – single search/browse Image Collections WebsitesDatabases E-Journals Archives Library Catalogues Google Books Wikipedia FlickrYouTube 2010
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5 NLA Strategic Directions “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.”
6 Trove Development Learning the ‘art of with’ Charles Leadbeater Not to people Not for people WITH PEOPLE (USERS) Public feedback drives the development: CRITICAL, RELEVANT, INTERESTING
7 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
8 browse groups/ zones Single search Restrict search
Refine/limit search results Get item groups/zones results Lachlan Macquarie ( )
Books, journals, articles
11 Is it in copyright? How do I refer to it?
How can I get it? B uy Copy 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 Desmond Ong, Sydney
34 User generated content By Nomad Tales
35 Flexigel
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User Forum 37
38 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?