Finding Information Just Got Easier for Historians. Lachlan Macquarie:200 years.
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Rose Holley: Trove Manager National Library of Australia [email protected] Royal Australian Historical Society Conference, Richmond, NSW 23-24 October 2010 Finding information just got easier for historians. Macquarie: 200 years Photo contributed by Desmond Ong http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/1 1103611
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Presentation by Rose Holley to historians using Lachlan Macquarie as an example search in Trove. For the Royal Australian Historical Society Conference in October 2010.
Transcript of Finding Information Just Got Easier for Historians. Lachlan Macquarie:200 years.
Rose Holley: Trove Manager
National Library of Australia
Royal Australian Historical Society Conference, Richmond, NSW
23-24 October 2010
Finding information justgot easier for historians.
Macquarie: 200 yearsPhoto contributed by Desmond Onghttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11103611
The researchers desktop 2009
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Collections
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E-Journals
Archives Library
Catalogues
GoogleBooks
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Trove – single search/browse
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Collections
Websites Databases
E-Journals
Archives Library
Catalogues
GoogleBooksWikipediaFlickr YouTube
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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 peopleNot for people
WITH PEOPLE (USERS)
Public feedback drives the development:CRITICAL, RELEVANT, INTERESTING
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Content sources
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• 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•Google Books/Videos•Flickr
90 million items
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browse
groups/
zones
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groups/zones results
Lachlan Macquarie (1762-1824)
Books, journals, articles
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Is it in copyright?
How do I refer to it?
How can I get it?BuyCopy
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Online
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Interaction at article level
Fix text – power edit mode
Interviews, oral history, video, music
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Wikipedia, Flickr, YouTube
Pictures – digitised and not
Minimise zones
Objects
Archived websites
Archived 2008
Archived 2010
Maps
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http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11103611
Desmond Ong, Sydney
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User generated content
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37255844 By Nomad Tales
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Total of 20 million lines corrected Sept 2010
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