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2014 National Library of Australia Fund Trove Appeal nla.gov.au Trove Changes Lives Trove is also a community. Trove users contribute their time Donation Form and expertise to enrich and improve the service. Millions of Trove is the National Library of Australia’s free national lines of computer-transcribed text in the Trove newspapers To support the maintenance and enhancement of Trove, discovery service. Now used by 22 million people annually, zone have been corrected by eager volunteers. donate online at nla.gov.au/support-us, or return the Trove provides Australians—in every corner of the country— donation form below. Donations over $2 are tax-deductible. with easy access to their history and culture. If you are looking for information on a bit of This appeal closes on 28 February 2015. Any donations As Trove enters its fifth year, we seek your support to maintain Australian local history—particularly in the received after this date will be directed towards and develop this much-loved service. non-urban areas [Trove] is great. It is also a great The National Library of Australia Fund, which supports way for the community of these non-urban local areas conservation and digitisation of the Library’s collection. To say that the advent of Trove was like a to be involved in a project of national significance— parched man in the desert suddenly coming across a correcting texts—contributing photos and documents.
lush oasis is a gross understatement. All at once Anonymous respondent a host of public libraries came to your door bringing 2013 Trove User Survey support with them an unbelievable amount of research material complete with a powerful search engine and Trove changes lives. Australians in rural and regional areas trove the ability to edit and download vast amounts have greatly enhanced access to their history. Communities of data with the greatest of ease. and families are uncovering previously unknown stories. Innovative research projects are using new technologies to Thank you for supporting the National Library of Australia. peter noone blog post contributor mine Trove’s data for insights. In a recent evaluation survey, more than 90 per cent of general public users agreed with I wish to make a donation of $
We want to keep Trove free and extend its reach into all the statement, ‘Trove has made me more interested in parts of the Australian community. We need your help to learning and discovering more’. Name/s: (title, given name, surname, postnominals) achieve this. Trove continues to grow and develop, responding to user needs and the possibilities of technology. In 2015 Trove will Trove is a collection of collections, bringing together Address: deliver: resources held by libraries, archives, museums, research organisations, government agencies and more. Trove’s • chinese language newspapers from the Victorian newspapers zone delivers over 139 million digitised articles goldfields; State/Territory: Postcode: from 1803 onwards—a rich repository that is having a • more digitised content from the National Library’s own Email: profound impact on the way Australians interact with the past. collection; and • an updated, mobile-friendly interface to the newspapers Tel: (mob) (w) Trove has transformed my research. I am unable to collection. (h) visit my State Library due to the distance. And I may If you love Trove, and are passionate about history, information never get the chance to visit the National Library. I would like my donation to be receipted and acknowledged and preserving our intellectual heritage, we invite you to join So Trove puts so much information at my fingertips. in the name of: our community of supporters by donating to the Library’s anonymous respondent Trove appeal. Your support will enable a worldwide audience Donations to The National Library of Australia Fund at all levels 2013 trove user survey to continue to uncover resources relating to Australia and are welcome. By donating $1,000 or more you can become a Australians … for free. Patron of the National Library. All Bronze ($10,000 and above), Silver ($25,000 and above), Gold ($100,000 and above), Platinum ($250,000 and above) and Principal ($1 million and Visit Trove at trove.nla.gov.au. Find out more about the Library’s Trove appeal above) Patrons will be recognised on an Honour Board in the You’ll be amazed by what you discover. at nla.gov.au/support-us/trove-appeal. National Library. (Continued overleaf)