<s>
Trove	B-Library
is	O
an	O
Australian	O
online	O
library	O
database	O
owned	O
by	O
the	O
National	O
Library	O
of	O
Australia	O
in	O
which	O
it	O
holds	O
partnerships	O
with	O
source	O
providers	O
National	O
and	O
State	O
Libraries	O
Australia	O
,	O
an	O
aggregator	O
and	O
service	O
which	O
includes	O
full	O
text	O
documents	O
,	O
digital	B-Algorithm
images	I-Algorithm
,	O
bibliographic	B-Library
and	I-Library
holdings	I-Library
data	I-Library
of	O
items	O
which	O
are	O
not	O
available	O
digitally	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
free	O
faceted-search	O
engine	O
as	O
a	O
discovery	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
antecedents	O
dating	O
back	O
to	O
1996	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Trove	B-Library
was	O
released	O
for	O
public	O
use	O
in	O
late	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
searching	O
of	O
catalogue	B-Library
entries	I-Library
of	O
books	O
in	O
Australian	O
libraries	O
(	O
some	O
fully	O
available	O
online	O
)	O
,	O
academic	O
and	O
other	O
journals	O
,	O
full-text	O
searching	O
of	O
digitised	O
archived	O
newspapers	O
,	O
government	O
gazettes	O
and	O
archived	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
digitised	O
newspapers	O
,	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
contents	O
is	O
hosted	O
by	O
Trove	B-Library
itself	O
,	O
which	O
indexes	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
its	O
partners	O
 '	O
collection	O
metadata	O
,	O
formats	O
and	O
manages	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
displays	O
the	O
aggregated	O
information	O
in	O
a	O
relevance-ranked	O
search	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
wake	O
of	O
government	O
funding	O
cuts	O
since	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
National	O
Library	O
and	O
other	O
organisations	O
have	O
been	O
struggling	O
to	O
keep	O
up	O
with	O
ensuring	O
that	O
content	O
on	O
Trove	B-Library
is	O
kept	O
flowing	O
through	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trove	B-Library
's	O
origins	O
can	O
be	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
earlier	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Australian	O
Bibliographic	O
Network	O
(	O
ABN	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
shared	O
cataloguing	O
service	O
launched	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PANDORA	B-Device
archive	O
(	O
1996	O
)	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Trove	B-Library
was	O
suggested	O
by	O
a	O
staff	O
member	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
associations	O
of	O
a	O
treasure	O
trove	B-Library
and	O
the	O
French	O
verb	O
trouver	O
(	O
to	O
find	O
or	O
discover	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Trove	B-Library
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
late	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
National	O
Library	O
of	O
Australia	O
combined	O
eight	O
different	O
online	O
discovery	O
tools	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
developed	O
over	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
twelve	O
years	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
single	O
discovery	O
interface	O
that	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
prototype	O
in	O
May	O
2009	O
for	O
public	O
comment	O
before	O
launching	O
in	O
November	O
2009	O
as	O
Trove	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
notable	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
newspaper	O
"	O
zone	O
"	O
,	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
material	O
that	O
appears	O
in	O
Trove	B-Library
search	O
results	O
is	O
hosted	O
by	O
Trove	B-Library
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
is	O
built	O
using	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trove	B-Library
provides	O
a	O
free	O
,	O
public	O
Application	B-Application
Programming	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
search	O
across	O
the	O
records	O
for	O
books	O
,	O
images	O
,	O
maps	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
archives	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
sound	O
,	O
journal	O
articles	O
,	O
newspaper	O
articles	O
and	O
lists	O
and	O
to	O
retrieve	O
the	O
associated	O
metadata	O
using	O
XML	O
and	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
encoding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wikipedia	O
was	O
closely	O
integrated	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
making	O
Trove	B-Library
the	O
first	O
GLAM	O
website	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
to	O
integrate	O
the	O
Wikipedia	O
API	B-Application
into	O
its	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trove	B-Library
has	O
continued	O
to	O
evolve	O
and	O
take	O
on	O
new	O
services	O
and	O
collections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
the	O
State	O
Library	O
of	O
New	O
South	O
Wales	O
,	O
Trove	B-Library
launched	O
the	O
Government	O
Gazettes	O
zone	O
,	O
and	O
continues	O
to	O
collect	O
the	O
official	O
gazettes	O
of	O
all	O
level	O
of	O
government	O
(	O
Commonwealth	O
and	O
State	O
and	O
Territory	O
)	O
where	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2019	O
PANDORA	B-Device
became	O
part	O
of	O
larger	O
the	O
Australian	O
Web	O
Archive	O
,	O
which	O
comprises	O
the	O
PANDORA	B-Device
archive	O
,	O
the	O
Australian	O
Government	O
Web	O
Archive	O
(	O
AGWA	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
National	O
Library	O
's	O
"	O
.au	O
"	O
domain	O
collections	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
single	O
interface	O
in	O
Trove	B-Library
which	O
is	O
publicly	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trove	B-Library
has	O
grown	O
beyond	O
its	O
original	O
aims	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
become	O
"	O
a	O
community	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
services	O
,	O
an	O
aggregation	O
of	O
metadata	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
growing	O
repository	O
of	O
full	O
text	O
digital	O
resources	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
a	O
platform	O
on	O
which	O
new	O
knowledge	O
is	O
being	O
built	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trove	B-Library
"	O
brings	O
together	O
content	O
from	O
libraries	O
,	O
museums	O
,	O
archives	O
,	O
repositories	O
and	O
other	O
research	O
and	O
collecting	O
organisations	O
big	O
and	O
small	O
"	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
help	O
users	O
find	O
and	O
use	O
resources	O
relating	O
to	O
Australia	O
and	O
therefore	O
the	O
content	O
is	O
Australian-focused	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
material	O
may	O
be	O
difficult	O
to	O
retrieve	O
with	O
other	O
search	O
tools	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
in	O
cases	O
where	O
it	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
deep	O
web	O
,	O
including	O
records	O
held	O
in	O
collection	O
databases	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
PANDORA	B-Device
web	O
archive	O
,	O
Australian	O
Research	O
Online	O
,	O
Australian	O
National	O
Bibliographic	O
Database	O
and	O
others	O
mentioned	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2019	O
,	O
Trove	B-Library
has	O
included	O
access	O
to	O
all	O
electronic	B-Protocol
documents	I-Protocol
deposited	O
by	O
Australian	O
publishers	O
under	O
the	O
legal	O
deposit	O
provisions	O
of	O
the	O
Copyright	O
Act	O
1968	O
,	O
as	O
amended	O
in	O
2017	O
to	O
included	O
such	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
are	O
readable	O
and	O
some	O
are	O
downloadable	B-Application
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
access	O
conditions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
access	O
to	O
books	O
,	O
audio	O
books	O
,	O
e-books	O
,	O
theses	O
,	O
conference	O
proceedings	O
and	O
pamphlets	O
listed	O
in	O
ANBD	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
union	B-Library
catalogue	I-Library
of	O
items	O
held	O
in	O
Australian	O
libraries	O
and	O
a	O
national	O
bibliographic	O
database	O
of	O
resources	O
including	O
Australian	O
online	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bibliographic	O
records	O
from	O
the	O
ANBD	O
are	O
also	O
uploaded	O
into	O
the	O
WorldCat	B-Library
global	O
union	B-Library
catalogue	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trove	B-Library
allows	O
text-searching	O
of	O
digitised	O
historic	O
newspapers	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Newspapers	O
zone	O
replacing	O
the	O
previous	O
"	O
Australian	O
Newspapers	O
"	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2014	O
,	O
over	O
13.5	O
million	O
digitised	O
newspaper	O
pages	O
had	O
been	O
made	O
available	O
through	O
Trove	B-Library
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Australian	O
Newspaper	O
Plan	O
(	O
ANPlan	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
collaborative	O
program	O
to	O
collect	O
and	O
preserve	O
every	O
newspaper	O
published	O
in	O
Australia	O
,	O
guaranteeing	O
public	O
access	O
"	O
to	O
these	O
important	O
historical	O
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
25	O
July	O
2008	O
the	O
"	O
Australian	O
Newspapers	O
Beta	O
"	O
service	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
website	O
and	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
became	O
a	O
fully	O
integrated	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
newly	O
launched	O
Trove	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newspapers	O
(	O
frequently	O
microfiche	O
or	O
other	O
photographic	O
facsimiles	O
)	O
were	O
scanned	O
and	O
the	O
text	O
from	O
the	O
articles	O
has	O
been	O
captured	O
by	O
optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
(	O
OCR	O
)	O
to	O
facilitate	O
easy	O
searching	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
contains	O
many	O
OCR	O
errors	O
,	O
often	O
due	O
to	O
poor	O
quality	O
facsimiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
text-correcting	O
community	O
and	O
other	O
Trove	B-Library
users	O
have	O
been	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
Trovites	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
primary	O
search	O
portal	O
of	O
the	O
PANDORA	B-Device
web-archiving	O
service	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
includes	O
the	O
Australian	O
Government	O
Web	O
Archive	O
(	O
AGWA	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
websites	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
.au	O
"	O
domain	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
collected	O
annually	O
through	O
large	O
crawl	B-Application
harvests	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Considerable	O
numbers	O
of	O
images	O
on	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
with	O
the	O
appropriate	O
licensing	O
are	O
donated	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lists	O
Users	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
account	O
and	O
log	O
in	O
to	O
Trove	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
this	O
is	O
done	O
,	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
"	O
zone	O
"	O
called	O
Lists	O
allows	O
logged-in	O
users	O
to	O
make	O
their	O
own	O
public	O
compilations	O
of	O
items	O
found	O
in	O
Trove	B-Library
searches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
facility	O
to	O
join	O
the	O
Trove	B-Library
community	O
and	O
make	O
contributions	O
to	O
the	O
resources	O
such	O
as	O
tags	O
,	O
comments	O
and	O
corrections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
keynote	O
address	O
to	O
the	O
14th	O
National	O
Australian	O
Library	O
and	O
Information	O
Association	O
(	O
ALIA	O
)	O
Conference	O
in	O
Melbourne	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
Roly	O
Keating	O
,	O
Chief	O
Executive	O
of	O
the	O
British	O
Library	O
described	O
Trove	B-Library
as	O
"	O
exemplary	O
"	O
–	O
a	O
"	O
both-end	O
choice	O
"	O
of	O
deep	O
rich	O
interconnected	O
archive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	O
humanities	O
researcher	O
and	O
Trove	B-Library
manager	O
Tim	O
Sherratt	O
noted	O
that	O
in	O
relation	O
to	O
the	O
Trove	B-Library
Application	B-Application
Programming	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
"	O
delivery	O
of	O
cultural	O
heritage	O
resources	O
in	O
a	O
machine-readable	O
form	O
,	O
whether	O
through	O
a	O
custom	O
API	B-Application
or	O
as	O
Linked	O
Open	O
Data	O
,	O
provides	O
more	O
than	O
just	O
improved	O
access	O
or	O
possibilities	O
for	O
aggregation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dr	O
Liz	O
Stainforth	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Leeds	O
calls	O
it	O
"	O
that	O
rare	O
beast	O
:	O
a	O
digital	O
heritage	O
platform	O
with	O
popular	O
appeal	O
"	O
;	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
successful	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
among	O
aggregators	O
such	O
as	O
Europeana	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Digital	O
Public	O
Library	O
of	O
America	O
and	O
...	O
DigitalNZ	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
distinguishes	O
it	O
from	O
the	O
other	O
three	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
also	O
delivers	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
engages	O
with	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
created	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
virtual	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
amongst	O
its	O
text	O
correctors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
log	O
in	O
and	O
thus	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
lists	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
correct	O
the	O
text	O
of	O
newspapers	O
scanned	O
using	O
Optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
(	O
OCR	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
honour	O
board	O
for	O
the	O
top	O
correctors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
International	O
researchers	O
also	O
use	O
Trove	B-Library
:	O
a	O
2018	O
showed	O
the	O
site	O
among	O
the	O
top	O
15	O
for	O
external	O
citations	O
in	O
the	O
English-language	O
version	O
of	O
Wikipedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trove	B-Library
received	O
the	O
2011	O
Excellence	O
in	O
eGovernment	O
Award	O
and	O
the	O
2011	O
Service	O
Delivery	O
Category	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
wake	O
of	O
the	O
Australian	O
Government	O
's	O
2015	O
Mid-Year	O
Economic	O
and	O
Fiscal	O
Outlook	O
Statement	O
,	O
Trove	B-Library
funding	O
was	O
cut	O
with	O
the	O
result	O
that	O
the	O
National	O
Library	O
of	O
Australia	O
would	O
cease	O
"	O
aggregating	O
content	O
in	O
Trove	B-Library
from	O
museums	O
and	O
universities	O
unless	O
...	O
fully	O
funded	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
ten	O
major	O
Australian	O
galleries	O
,	O
libraries	O
,	O
archives	O
and	O
museums	O
(	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
GLAM	O
sector	O
)	O
signed	O
a	O
statement	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
Trove	B-Library
,	O
in	O
which	O
they	O
warned	O
that	O
the	O
budgetary	O
cuts	O
would	O
"	O
hamper	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
our	O
world	O
leading	O
portal	O
and	O
will	O
be	O
a	O
major	O
obstacle	O
to	O
exposing	O
the	O
collections	O
of	O
smaller	O
and	O
regional	O
institutions	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
"	O
without	O
additional	O
funding	O
,	O
Trove	B-Library
will	O
not	O
fulfil	O
its	O
promise	O
as	O
the	O
discovery	O
site	O
for	O
all	O
Australian	O
cultural	O
content	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tim	O
Sherratt	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
manager	O
of	O
Trove	B-Library
,	O
warned	O
in	O
early	O
2016	O
that	O
fewer	O
collections	O
would	O
be	O
added	O
and	O
that	O
less	O
digitised	O
content	O
would	O
be	O
available	O
–	O
"	O
not	O
quite	O
a	O
content	O
freeze	O
,	O
but	O
certainly	O
a	O
slowdown	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
extensive	O
campaigning	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
public	O
campaign	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Trove	B-Library
received	O
a	O
commitment	O
of	O
million	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
spread	O
over	O
four	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
early	O
2020	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
surge	O
in	O
demand	O
for	O
all	O
types	O
of	O
digital	O
services	O
,	O
the	O
National	O
Library	O
was	O
having	O
to	O
cope	O
with	O
increasingly	O
dwindling	O
staff	O
resources	O
to	O
develop	O
services	O
on	O
Trove	B-Library
and	O
National	O
edeposit	O
,	O
and	O
undertook	O
a	O
restructure	O
of	O
its	O
staffing	O
and	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2023	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
current	O
funding	O
arrangements	O
would	O
cease	O
in	O
July	O
2023	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
closure	O
of	O
Trove	B-Library
,	O
unless	O
further	O
federal	O
funding	O
became	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
