Something else, not exactly connected with the case, but a useful tool.
A radio programme I listened to said that Trove only has enough funding to last til June
Good news, Trove has received funding for the next four years.
The "memory house of the nation" will be given a federal budget lifeline, keeping the online resource available to Australians for another four years, but what exactly is it?
www.sbs.com.au
Funding had been due to stop
Last year the National Library of Australia (NLA), which is responsible for the platform, had warned that unless the federal government committed millions of dollars, Trove would cease to exist as of June 2023 when federal funding was due to run out.
Towards the end of last year, a campaign to save the online database gained momentum.
A petition with more than 22,000 signatures was submitted to parliament in February.
It requested full funding for what it called the "memory house for the nation".
“So that the nation's memories can be accessed by all Australians and provides them with the opportunity to understand and know our own history,” the petition request read.
Federal Budget funding for Trove
Arts Minister Tony Burke released a statement on Monday to say the government would provide the NLA with $33 million over four years in the Budget to fund Trove.
“Trove is, in many ways, Australia’s digital memory,” Mr Burke said.
“This funding helps restore and maintain our strong cultural infrastructure – a key pillar of Revive, the government’s new National Cultural Policy
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The funding commitment will continue for a period beyond the next election, with $9.2 million ongoing and indexed funding from July 2027, in order to avoid another last-minute call on its future.
An announcement from the NLA online welcomed the funding and the certainty it would bring saying it “would allow the National Library to continue to provide this essential service, enrich it with new content, and stabilise and secure the platform.”
“The overwhelming support we have received from the Trove community (both new and old) has been humbling.”
webarchive.nla.gov.au
