Trove Collaborative Services

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The National Library will be collaborating with CAVAL and Index Data to develop the service to tailor to Australia’s unique environment. This outcome is the result of an extensive engagement and research strategy with Trove Partners and a robust tender process to select an innovative solution.

From mid-2025, Trove Partners will be able to access a new national resource sharing service with all the current core functions and a host of significant improvements.

Libraries have always relied on extensive resource sharing networks to deliver inter-library loan and document delivery copy services. The new service will completely integrate with the Australian National Bibliographic Database. Other new features include:

• A reciprocal service model with no transaction-based fees, to keep costs down.
• The ability to set preferred Partners, including by region or library sector.
• Automated load balancing, removing the need to create manual lists of suppliers.
• A platform for future innovation and improved functionality.

The recordings of the two 2022 Trove Collaborative Services Resource sharing panel webinars as well as results of the Landscape review are now available:

21 September – Trove Collaborative Services Resource sharing webinar (part 1)
29 September – Trove Collaborative Services Resource sharing webinar (part 2)

2022 Resource sharing landscape review

The 2022 Trove Collaborative Services resource sharing landscape review has been created to share with Trove Partners a point-in-time snapshot of the resource sharing services being used to meet patron needs, when they exceed organisations’ own collections.

It covers libraries and other Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) organisations.

For those unfamiliar with the broader environment, this document intends to provide an overview into the kinds of services that are operating both now and into the future, in Australia and globally.

This review aims to highlight the diversity of services that GLAM organisations are offering and accessing, at a time when the Trove Partner community is considering where national resource sharing could go next. Staff at Trove Partner organisations are the intended audience.

2022 Trove Collaborative Services Resource sharing landscape review

Trove Collaborative Services Town Hall webinars inform partners on what is happening with the service.

By watching the Town Hall webinars, partners should be able to:

• Understand current developments and activities with the service
• Share and communicate information to other colleagues in their organisation
  

Town Hall - 30th November 2023

Town Hall - 29th June 2023

Town Hall - 30th March 2023

Town Hall - 22nd November 2022

Town Hall -17th March 2022
Topics covered include: The vision for Trove & incoming pricing model for Trove Collaborative Services

Town Hall - 23rd June 2022
Topics covered include: Information on new TCS pricing model and timeline for next 6 months ; Engagement strategy for ILL futures.

Take 20 with Trove webinars provides an opportunity to learn more about the partner services offered through Trove Collaborative Services.

By watching the Take 20 with Trove webinars, partners should be able to:

Become familiar with partner services available to them Investigate further services of value to their organisation