New Trove Strategic Advisory Committee representatives part 1
The Trove Strategic Advisory Committee (TSAC) is the principal body through which the National Library seeks strategic input from Trove Partners. The Committee is central to ensuring Trove meets the needs of both contributing organisations and the broader Australian community.
Committee members are elected and appointed representatives from our Trove Partner organisations. To learn more about TSAC and the membership, please visit our Trove Strategic Advisory Committee page.
In 2024-25, 2 TSAC representatives from Group B (Traditional Plus and Premium Trove Partners) reached the end of their 3-year term. In February 2025 new representatives from group B were nominated and in March an election was held with all partners in group B voting to decide the 2 nominees to represent TSAC for the next 3 years.
We are pleased to announce that Catherine Clark, CEO and State Librarian, State Library of Western Australia and Maggie Patton, Head of Collection Acquisition and Curation, State Library of New South Wales are the successful candidates and have accepted their nominations to the Trove Strategic Advisory Committee.
For this Partner spotlight, we spoke to Catherine Clark about her career in the library sector and her interest in joining TSAC. Keep an eye out for a second spotlight where we will talk with Maggie Patton.
Catherine has extensive knowledge of the library sector. She has worked in university libraries, public libraries, and special libraries, and has served on several library and librarian related boards and programs. In addition to her role at the State Library of Western Australia, Catherine is currently Deputy Chair of the National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) Board.
Catherine’s extensive understanding of the academic, reference and public library sector and her service in several leadership roles will be an asset to TSAC, Trove Partners and the wider Trove community.
‘I believe the Trove Strategic Advisory Committee is critical to ensuring that the future direction of Trove is aligned with the needs of partner organisations and, ultimately, the community.’ Catherine said.
Catherine shared that she wanted to join TSAC because she felt that Trove is a ‘key resource for anyone who is interested in Australia’s cultural and social heritage’ and she feels that TSAC ensures that Trove ‘continues to be a highly successful and collaborative venture that truly represents all of Australia’.
On her election to TSAC, Catherine said:
‘It’s a privilege to be elected by peers to a national committee - to be able to contribute from my own experience in both academic and state libraries and also to learn from the other TSAC Members.’
‘As much as contributing from my own professional experience, I’m looking forward to learning more about Trove and being in a stronger position to effectively advocate for this important resource both within and outside the collecting sector.’
‘I’m also delighted that we have a Western Australian representative back on the Committee!’