2. What is Trove?
Trove is a part the National Library of
Australia
Launched in 2009
Focused mainly on Australia and
Australians
Combines the resources of 1000
institutions (libraries, museums, galleries…)
3. Type of Resources
Books
Pictures, photos
and objects
Journals and
articles
Digitized
Newspaper
Music, sounds and
videos
Diaries and Letters
Archived Websites
People
Lists
4. Using Trove
Offers more options if signed up/logged in
Create a profile
Add content to the website
Specify search criteria
Rating and tagging
Can navigate other user profile
Prioritizes Titles, Subjects and Author fields
for retrieval and ranking
5. Using Trove
Trove pulls metadata from all over
Internally and externally
Very similar to Google in that aspect
Crowdsourcing
Make correction within documents (mainly
newspaper)
Possible to view all changes
Multiple ways of searching
6. Recap
Tagging and ranting are for personal use
but can be useful to other
The metadata come from outside sources
The staff don’t add much to the content
The users are the main source for
additional data
The organization by type of document is
well defined
17. Weaknesses
Doing a search presents the same
challenges as other databases or
catalogues
Search for “population of Sydney” (1815-
1830) came up with this as the first result:
18. Weaknesses
You might not be able to find what you’re
looking for if it hasn’t been corrected by a
user
The crowdsourcing corrections is not perfect
User made correction might not be accurate
Can be a bit intimidating the first time you
visit, especially for a casual user
19. Weaknesses
Can be a bit intimidating the first time you
visit, especially for a casual user
Not very browseable, need to have some
idea of what you want to find
22. Strengths
Uses crowdsourcing to fix errors that
occurred during the digitization of older
materials
You don’t need to
have an account to
fix errors
23. Strengths
Original text: “ona of which w<< can
keep in our coffers, and with th<< other”
After I fixed it:
24. Strengths
There are forums for users, where they can
discuss fixing errors, ask questions, make
suggestions, etc
Creates a community feel, connecting
people across the globe
25. Bibliography
Holley, Rose. (2010).Trove: Innovation in Access to Information in Australia.
Ariadne (Issue 64). Retrieved from http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue64/holley/
Holley, Rose. (2011, February 1-3). Resource sharing in Australia: Find and get in
Trove – making 'getting' better. Paper presented at ALIA information Online
2011, Sydney, Australia. Retrieved from
http://eprints.rclis.org/15713/1/ALIA_Online_Sydney_Getting%20Better_Final%20
v%20Rose%20Holley.pdf
Trove NLA. (2013, May 22). How to use Trove: Simple searching [video file].
Retrieved from http://youtu.be/-zSk0GjYQQc
SKINNER G. (2011). Mapping Australian Colonial Music with Trove: New
Paradigms for Music Research, Teaching and Librarianship.Music Reference
Services Quarterly, 14(1/2), 1-13.
Holley, R. (2011). Resource Sharing in Australia: Find and Get in Trove - Making
“Getting” Better. D-Lib Magazine, 17I(3/4), 1.
Holley, R. (2011). Extending the Scope of Trove: Addition of E-resources
Subscribed to by Australian Libraries. D-Lib Magazine, 17(11/12), 6.
