Dr. Wendy Garden, President of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand wrote to The Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for the Arts to emphatically support the continued operation of Trove and urge the federal government to ensure the National Library of Australia receives sustainable, ongoing funding for this vital digital platform.
Trove is vital to ensure Australia remains a fair and egalitarian society. As a free digital platform, it plays a fundamental role connecting people with collections no matter where either are located. It ensures that people living in regional and remote areas, and those who are mobility impaired, are not disadvantaged in their access to information about the nation’s past. Furthermore, many newspaper archives are locked behind paywalls whereas Trove is free to users regardless of their socio-economic background.