7 October 2008 - 12:00
A paper presented by Dr Warwick Cathro to the Libraries Australia Advisory Committee. This paper provides extracts from the latest draft of the Project Initiation Document. It clarifies the scope of the overall Project, and the proposed scope of Stage 1.
Background
The Committee has been advised previously of the National Library’s intention to integrate its discovery services by undertaking a “Single Business Discovery Project”.
This Project commenced in late August 2008. This paper provides extracts from the latest draft of the Project Initiation Document. It clarifies the scope of the overall Project, and the proposed scope of Stage 1.
Indexed List of File Titles
This Indexed List of File Titles is made available in accordance with the requirements of the Senate Order for the Production of Indexed Lists of Departmental and Agency Files. The list provides the numbers and titles of all relevant files created by the Library in the last reporting period. Files include those relating to policy, the development of legislation and other matters of public administration. They may not include files which have been transferred to the Australian Archives; those dealing with personal affairs or representations, or those relating to staff or personnel matters.
1 January 2009 - 12:00
In September 2008 the National Library of Australia embarked on a project to develop a powerful new discovery service to expose the wealth of information in Australian collections. The new service, branded “Trove”, was released in December 2009 after six months as a beta service. Trove is not only replacing eight legacy services, but is improving the discovery experience for the Australian public and researchers by including more content and by allowing users to engage with the content. This paper will describe the policy and technical challenges which were faced by the Library during this project, and will outline the Library’s plans for the further development of Trove.
4 September 2012 - 12:00
Trove, Australia’s national discovery service, provides access to more than 300 million resources managed by more than 1000 Australian and international organisations, and by members of the public. Trove has been enthusiastically embraced by Australians from all walks of life, and from around the country. More than 50,000 unique visitors search the service every day, and tens of thousands of Australians engage much more actively than by just searching. Trove users correct newspaper text, add content, tags and annotations, and create online lists of Trove resources – all within the Trove community space. Trove has extended the reach of the National Library and Trove contributors far beyond our expectations. But while it is gratifying to bask in public and political acclamation, we must also ask – why is Trove a success? Is Trove as a whole a success, or just some parts of it? And what challenges do the answers to that question pose to libraries’ tradi
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