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It has to be said, and I haven't seen it in the discussion yet: The mess resulting from #Trove revoking @wragge 's API keys was only possible because they require keys in the first case.
There are reasonable use cases. But more often than not, requiring API keys is all about keeping some form of control. If that's control over published, supposedly open data of institutions supposedly working for open discourse, that control is either meaningless or counterproductive.
www.jrenslin.deWhy would you need an API key? :: Joshua Ramon EnslinRecently, Trove and the NLA have been rightfully criticized for destroying valuable services by the way of key revocation. That's bad. So is, that there even is a key to revoke.
I've written a new blog post on the #Trove API keys debacle that answers some questions raised by my first two posts, and provides some updates on recent actions by the National Library of Australia. https://updates.timsherratt.org/2025/04/11/update-on-trove-data-access.html Please share!
updates.timsherratt.org · Update on Trove data access and my suspended API keysOn 21 February, my Trove API keys were cancelled without warning. A week later, I met with NLA staff and was shocked to be told that downloading ‘content’, such as the text of digitised newspaper articles, was regarded as a breach of the API terms of use. Without API access I can’t continue my work helping researchers make use of Trove. More generally though, the NLA’s actions threaten innovative digital research.
If you're a #Trove API user who has received an email from Trove's 'Community Liaison Team' asking you to confirm acceptance of the API terms of use, you might want to read this for background: https://updates.timsherratt.org/2025/03/02/trove-api-users-beware-the.html
The email doesn't actually explain what has changed in the terms of use. In particular it doesn't explain that downloading digitised newspaper text from the API is a breach of the terms of use and requires an individual exemption. I'm working on a new post with more details. #histodons #GLAM #digitalHumanities
updates.timsherratt.org · Trove API users beware! – the latest in the saga of my cancelled API keysAfter my Trove API keys were cancelled without warning on 21 February, I reluctantly agreed to a meeting with the National Library of Australia. They had provided so little information in their emails, that it seemed to be the only way to find out what was really going on. I came out of the meeting shocked by the NLA’s change in attitude towards API use.
TL;DR – you’re probably breaching the API terms of use All Trove API users need to be aware that the NLA now insists that accessing the ‘content’ of resources, rather than just the descriptive metadata, is a breach of the API terms of use.
It seems that folks who contacted the Director General of the National Library about my #Trove API access are getting responses (or in fact the same response). It's mostly corporate waffle of course, but there's a couple of interesting points.
1. The NLA has a brand new Artificial Intelligence framework at https://www.library.gov.au/visit/about-us/corporate-information/corporate-strategies/artificial-intelligence-framework
2. They are making the process for getting exemptions from the terms of use 'more transparent' (ie making it up) & will be 'reaching out' to API users in coming weeks.
It's almost as if acting without warning to cancel API keys based on a new interpretation of the terms of use that you haven't actually told anyone about is not the best way to communicate with users...
www.library.gov.auArtificial intelligence framework | National Library of Australia (NLA)The Library is working to leverage artificial intelligence technologies to deliver our mission while retaining our trusted and respected reputation.
Trove is testing a new game mode, a major performance upgrade, and new non-cloud server tech https://massivelyop.com/2025/04/04/trove-is-testing-a-new-game-mode-a-major-performance-upgrade-and-new-non-cloud-server-tech
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I've added another 15 entries to my list of publications that mention the #GLAMWorkbench or one of its related tools (such as the #Trove Newspaper Harvester). That makes an even 100 references from around the world. https://glam-workbench.net/citations/ #GLAM #collectionsAsData #researchImpact
glam-workbench.netGLAM Workbench citations - GLAM WorkbenchThis page brings together references to the GLAM Workbench and its associated tools.
My battle with the National Library of Australia over access to the #Trove API has been used as a case study in a paper on digital archives as infrastructure by @LeuLeu & @macgraveur. It was presented yesterday at the forum de l’Association des archivistes Français. https://aldonzel.github.io/intervention-forum-AAF25/ (in French) #GLAM
Many thanks to the Australian Historical Association for sharing their concerns about changes to the National Library of Australia's API policy and the suspension of my API keys which, they say, "marks a troubling restriction to the work of researchers in Australia and overseas". https://theaha.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AHA-Statement-on-New-Restrictions-to-Trove.pdf #Trove #histodons @histodons #GLAM
Nope, now it's not so easy because the gatekeepers at the NLA want you to seek permission before downloading the content of newspaper articles via the API. The #Trove Newspaper and Gazette Harvester is widely used and cited in research literature, but I can't use or maintain it because my API keys were cancelled. The NLA's policy is damaging research.
Via Michael, Hendrik, and Valentin Werner. 2024. “Digital Press Archives for Media and Communication History Research: From ‘reading rooms’ to Virtual Research Environments”. Studies in Communication Sciences 24 (3): 285–301. https://doi.org/10.24434/j.scoms.2024.03.4050. #GLAM #histodons #digitalhumanities
It's been four weeks now since the National Library of Australia suspended my API keys, forcing all my work on #Trove to stop: https://updates.timsherratt.org/2025/02/24/years-of-work-on-trove.html #GLAM #openGLAM #histodons #digitalHumanities
updates.timsherratt.org · 15 years of work on Trove threatened by the NLASee my latest post for an update!
On Friday, without warning, I received an email from the National Library of Australia informing me that my Trove API keys had been suspended. This threatens the future of 15 years of work helping people use and understand the possibilities of Trove for new types of research.
What’s happened? Here’s the full text of the email:
Your recently published work on the GLAM Workbench regarding extracting metadata and text from a National e-Deposit (NED) periodical has been brought to the Library’s attention.
Trove’s St Patrick’s Day event, St Qubeslick 2025, has returned to the sandbox https://massivelyop.com/2025/03/13/troves-st-patricks-day-event-st-qubeslick-2025-has-returned-to-the-sandbox
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The NLA's suspension of my #Trove API access has been picked up in this news story from the Australian Computing Society: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2025/national-library-cracks-down-on-public-data-access.html #GLAM #OpenData
Information AgeNational Library cracks down on public data accessArchives are throttling access to data that was supposed to be open.
Complètement délirant. @wragge réalise depuis des années un travail extraordinaire pour démontrer l’intérêt et l’utilisation des APIs publiques dans le domaine des #OpenGLAM. Les décisions de #Trove sont totalement incohérentes et incompréhensibles #museonum
https://hcommons.social/@wragge/114091264256020779
hcommons.socialTim Sherratt (@wragge@hcommons.social)Trove API users beware! I had a meeting with the NLA on Friday about my cancelled API keys and was shocked by changes in their policy towards API use that could have a big impact of HASS research using #Trove data. More details: https://updates.timsherratt.org/2025/03/02/trove-api-users-beware-the.html Please share! #GLAM #histodons @histodons@a.gup.pe #digitalHumanities
Trove API users beware! I had a meeting with the NLA on Friday about my cancelled API keys and was shocked by changes in their policy towards API use that could have a big impact of HASS research using #Trove data. More details: https://updates.timsherratt.org/2025/03/02/trove-api-users-beware-the.html Please share! #GLAM #histodons @histodons #digitalHumanities
updates.timsherratt.org · Trove API users beware! – the latest in the saga of my cancelled API keysAfter my Trove API keys were cancelled without warning on 21 February, I reluctantly agreed to a meeting with the National Library of Australia. They had provided so little information in their emails, that it seemed to be the only way to find out what was really going on. I came out of the meeting shocked by the NLA’s change in attitude towards API use.
TL;DR – you’re probably breaching the API terms of use All Trove API users need to be aware that the NLA now insists that accessing the ‘content’ of resources, rather than just the descriptive metadata, is a breach of the API terms of use.
What a surprise, can't sleep. Thinking about the next blog post I'm going to write about this whole #Trove saga...
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@secretgeek @wragge It does sound to me like cover (a shield) for wanting to teach Tim a lesson for some perceived slight. For doing stuff they can’t. For criticism of their spaghetti API. For posting about #TroveAU other than on Twitter. Or any number of petty grievances they may have. #Trove risk losing their greatest champion of all time. And they deserve that.
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