Trove is now 5 years old. Here’s how we came to be.
Trove didn’t come out of a box, ready for the National Library to install. Trove has grown out of other services and evolved through the influence of people, technological developments and business needs. This month we’re celebrating Trove’s fifth birthday by taking over the month. It’s Trovember and we thought we’d start by reflecting on where we came from.
So where do we start? The first book? The first catalogue record for that book? The first person who decided to help others find that book? These are Trove’s fundamentals – human beings create information and have the desire to share it. Trove’s story is the story of how technology has changed the ways we can share, organise and use that information.
Trove was built on the experience and knowledge gained through the Library’s many years of sharing and collaborating with other organisations. I have to pick a starting point however, so I’ll start with the Australian Bibliographic Network.