Transcript Finding information just got easier for historians. Royal Australian Historical Society Conference, Richmond, NSW Macquarie: 200 years Photo contributed by Desmond Ong http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11103611 Rose Holley: Trove Manager National Library of.

Finding
information just
got easier for
historians.
Royal Australian Historical Society
Conference, Richmond, NSW
Macquarie: 200 years
Photo contributed by Desmond Ong
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11103611
Rose Holley: Trove Manager
National Library of Australia
[email protected]
23-24 October 2010
The researchers desktop 2009
Wikipedia
Google
Books
Scholar
Youtube
Flickr
Image
Collections
Websites
Databases
E-Journals
Archives
Library
Catalogues
2010
Trove – single search/browse
Image
Websites
Collections
Flickr
Databases
Archives
E-Journals
YouTube
Wikipedia
Library
Catalogues
Google
Books
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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 people
Not 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
90 million items
•Google Books/Videos
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•Flickr
Single search
Restrict
search
browse
groups/
zones
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Lachlan Macquarie (1762-1824)
groups/zones
results
Get item
Refine/limit search results
Books, journals, articles
Is it in copyright?
How do I refer to it?
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How can I get it?
Buy
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
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
User generated content
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37255844 By Nomad Tales
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http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37288101 Flexigel
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User Forum
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User profile
Your settings and history
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Hall of Fame – Thank You!!
Total of 20 million lines corrected Sept 2010
Finding the pieces and
putting them together for
you.
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Questions?
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