Exclusive: The National Library of Australia’s online portal Trove has been saved from imminent closure after a cash injection of $33 million from the Albanese government
the archive’s funding was due to expire at the end of June, meaning the portal was at risk of being shut down.Trove is the single point of entry to the collections of hundreds of Australian libraries, universities, museums, galleries and archives. The community platform attracts 22 million visits each year and includes the definitive collection of digitised Australian newspapers.
The library has been facing a $13 million, or 21 per cent, cut to its operating budget from July when the former Coalition government’s funding for Trove ends.The government says Trove will now be funded on an ongoing basis and its budget will rise to offset inflation.to make its building waterproof and replace lifts and air conditioning – after more than a decade of enforced cost cuts affecting all national collecting institutions.
The library has also identified $100 million in urgent capital works it needs over the next nine years to address fire safety and water leaks in its heritage building and meet accessibility standards.It is fast running out of storage space and has two years to find a solution. Expansion of the library’s storehouse in suburban Canberra is likely to cost up to $40 million.
Dr Marie-Louise Ayres, director-general of the National Library of Australia, said she was delighted Trove’s future had been secured, and she looked forward to further announcements relating to the library’s core funding, including essential building works and storage needs.Olive + Maeve
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