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

Blocked on Twitter by PHAVicTas who have chosen to ignore evidence inconvenient to their #FundTrove #SaveTrove campaign. Ideological historians or just an organisational social media account wanting to disseminate with no debate?
#TroveFunding #TroveAU #histodons

Blocked on Twitter by PHAVicTas who have chosen to ignore evidence inconvenient to their #FundTrove #SaveTrove campaign. Ideological historians or just an organisational social media account wanting to disseminate with no debate?
#TroveFunding #TroveAU

P.S. Not all in the library and history industries are on board this #FundTrove #SaveTrove campaign. It may be hard for them to say so but listen for silence.

WHO FUNDS TROVE?
I checked the numbers. You may be surprised at what I did & didn't find.

1. gov.au budgets lump sum for National Library (NLA) - no mention of Trove.
2. NLA reports Trove Collaborative Services (TCS) income from partners such as State Libraries; stated goal "full cost-recovery program over time." i.e., NLA intends to fully fund Trove.
3. NLA doesn't report Trove spend, e.g. whether improving platform for all or digitising own material.
Q. Who funds Trove? A: NLA (from its budget and charges on its partners).

So, question the library and history industries' emotive and misleading #FundTrove #SaveTrove campaign and NLA's silence.

#TroveFunding #NationalLibraryAU #TroveAU #NLAgovAU

Budget: https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/about-us/corporate-reporting/budgets
NLA: https://www.nla.gov.au/corporate-documents/annual-reports

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

RT @PHAVicTas@twitter.com

Save Trove - I know you've signed the petition via Change, but now you need to sign the parliamentary petition.
@ProfHistAus@twitter.com @pha_nsw@twitter.com @phaqld@twitter.com @phanzasecretary@twitter.com @ @History_Vic@twitter.com @historyvictoria@twitter.com @Historians_WA@twitter.com

https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN4747
#SaveTrove

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PHAVicTas/status/1618449761337774080

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

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

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

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

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

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

RT @MikeJonesPhD@twitter.com

National Library of Australia’s free digital archives may be forced to close without funding #Trove #saveTrove #fundTrove https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/06/national-library-of-australias-free-digital-archives-may-be-forced-to-close-without-funding?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MikeJonesPhD/status/1611077673513799680

It would an unspeakable outrage if the National Library of Australia was forced to close down the Trove digital archive from June 30 because of lack of government funding. #auspol #SaveTrove https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/06/national-library-of-australias-free-digital-archives-may-be-forced-to-close-without-funding

I've posted on this before. Surprisingly, the govt didn't listen. #savetrove
The govt seriously underestimates the importance of Trove, not only to researchers and general population, but to Australian democracy.
Or perhaps they understand and that's why they're letting it die.
NLA's free digital archives may be forced to close without funding
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/06/national-library-of-australias-free-digital-archives-may-be-forced-to-close-without-funding?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/06/national-library-of-australias-free-digital-archives-may-be-forced-to-close-without-funding?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#saveTrove #fundTrove

More on Trove, written with @bestqualitycrab: What lies behind a statistic? The rise and fall of Trove visitor numbers

https://www.mikejonesonline.com/contextjunky/2023/01/04/what-lies-behind-a-statistic-the-rise-and-fall-of-trove-visitor-numbers/

#TroveAU #saveTrove #fundTrove #libraries #infrastructure #research