Trove master class
Discover fascinating facts about Trove beyond newspapers. Learn about historical photographs, maritime artifacts, and community involvement. Join the Trove forum to collaborate and stay updated on new content.
Trove master class
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Trove Support Team Trove masterclass
A wedding portrait of John Turnbull McLaren and Mary McDougall McLean, 1887 Pictures Flinders Shire Historical Photograph Project Barrier Miner, (Broken Hill, NSW: 1888-1954), 14 October 1915 http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/180873929 Portrait of John T McLaren, 1935 http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/180873882
Maritime Museum of Tasmania Brass sextant …acquired by Captain DS Bull in 1877 as 3rd. mate of "Kosciusco" http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/177270809 Photograph of Captain Bentley & Captain Rex http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/177268915 Pictures and objects JAMES CRAIG (1874) Australian Register of Historic Vessels http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/177270824
Objects Queensland Police Museum http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/178528777 The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Tuesday 3 March 1953, page 1
Why correct text? • Text created through OCR is searched by Trove • OCR is not always accurate • Correcting the text improves accuracy of the text • Every correction improves search results for all users
Community involvement • Text correction is free • No need to register • Registered users can: • See their correction history • Appear in the Hall of Fame
Community involvement • 106 million lines corrected • 100,000 users • Range from 1 correction to 2 million+ corrections
What to do • Fix the OCR text so it matches what was published • Match the line of text to the same line on the image • Use tags and comments to provide corrections to what was originally published
What not to do • Add text not in the original newspaper • Change the text from what was originally published • Move text so that it does not match the line it was originally in
List making • 5,796 Trove users • 27,911 public lists • 449,624 items
What are the forums for? • Your space as Trove users • Collaborate and communicate with other Trove users • Community help resource • News resource • Create your account by logging in to Trove, then clicking on the ‘forum’ link
Tips for using the forums • Search first if you have a question, someone may have already asked it • Use the ‘contact us’ form if you need input from a Trove team member • Remember, the forums are a user space.