The National Library of Australia’s online cultural and research portal, Trove, is about to hit a major milestone with almost 6.5 billion resources now available online.
Director-General of the Library, Marie-Louise Ayres said Trove was a service that anyone could access at any time.
“This was not an overnight digitisation project, but one that has taken over 10 years to mature into the thriving community hub and knowledge base it is now,” Dr Ayres said.
“As we all look for ideas of how to use our time at home and online, I encourage you to explore Trove,” she said.
“It’s free and the content comes from trusted sources – the libraries, universities, galleries, archives and museums of Australia.”
Dr Ayres recognised the contributions of Australia’s State and Territory libraries, and the hundreds of cultural and research institutions around Australia that have made this collaboration project so successful.
“Trove is brought to you by the National Library and hundreds of reputable institutions around Australia,” she said.
“As we near another major milestone, during a challenging phase in Australian and world history, I am deeply encouraged by the collective determination to work together and make sure people have free access to a vast array of content.”
Dr Ayres said Trove’s content included more than 25 million digital copies of newspaper and magazine articles and books in hundreds of editions and dozens of translations.
She said billions of Australian webpages stretching back more than 20 years were also available.
“The role of the Library is to collect, preserve and share information with the public, and Trove has proven to be so much more than a search engine,” Dr Ayres said.
She said an upgraded version of Trove will be launched in June 2020.
Trove can be accessed at this PS News link.