The good news we’ve been hoping for 🎉

The National Library of Australia welcomes the announcement of ongoing Trove funding. Read more: bit.ly/3KrDgpY

#SaveTrove #FundTrove

An ongoing commitment to funding #Trove will enable the #NationalLibraryOfAustralia
continue to deliver this important information service for all Australians.

Saving Australia’s stories https://campusmorningmail.com.au/news/saving-australias-stories/

#SaveTrove #FundTrove

Continuing the discussion around the value and sustainable funding of #Trove.

Trove in trouble: why does it cost money to keep the resource online? By Ellen Phiddian in #CosmosMagazine

https://cosmosmagazine.com/news/trove-storage-cost/

#SaveTrove #FundTrove

Trove in trouble: why does it cost money to keep the resource online?

The online database Trove may go offline in the middle of the year without additional funding. So what does it cost to run an archive like it?

Cosmos

Show your support for the work to ensure Trove is fully funded by signing this petition.

https://www.change.org/p/fully-fund-trove

#SaveTrove #FundTrove

Sign the Petition

#FullyFundTrove: Stop defunding Australia’s online resource treasure. Protect the Arts!

Change.org
Tonight following the 9pm news I will be joining David Astle on ABC Radio Victoria to talk about Trove and some of the funding issues facing the National Library of Australia. #saveTrove #fundTrove #libraries #histodons

It's gotten over 15.5K signatures. Keep piling on the pressure & signatures and help #SaveTrove! https://www.change.org/p/fully-fund-trove

#Geneadons #Geneadon #History #Genealogy #History #Australia #familyhistory

Sign the Petition

#FullyFundTrove: Stop defunding Australia’s online resource treasure. Protect the Arts!

Change.org

There is currently a petition going around to try to #SaveTrove.

If you could please take a minute to sign and share this petition round, it’d be greatly appreciated. Let’s make our voices heard.

https://www.change.org/p/fully-fund-trove

#histodon #histodons #geneadons #geneadon #genealogy #history

Sign the Petition

#FullyFundTrove: Stop defunding Australia’s online resource treasure. Protect the Arts!

Change.org

Digitization & accessibility of archives is critical for all Australians. Individuals, organizations & policy makers must be able to access the past to understand history & to inform decision making
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/06/national-library-of-australias-free-digital-archives-may-be-forced-to-close-without-funding

#SAVETROVE #nationalarchives #NationalArchivesAustralia #history #archives #digitalcommons #academicchatter #academia #library

National Library of Australia’s free digital archives may be forced to close without funding

With only six months worth of funding left, library’s director general faces ‘very big decisions’ on the future of Trove

The Guardian
Projects using large scale historical data or cultural heritage data are in jeopardy if Trove folds #savetrove
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/06/national-library-of-australias-free-digital-archives-may-be-forced-to-close-without-funding
National Library of Australia’s free digital archives may be forced to close without funding

With only six months worth of funding left, library’s director general faces ‘very big decisions’ on the future of Trove

The Guardian
For people in NSW/ACT, this afternoon I'll be on ABC Radio's Drive around 4:05pm talking to Simon Marnie about the latest funding crisis threatening the National Library of Australia's Trove service #radio #libraries #saveTrove #TroveAU #fundTrove