ISSN 1443-0568 | no. 70 | August 2004
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NLA Hosts Visual Arts Forum On 7 May the National Library hosted a meeting to discuss information resources in the visual arts in Australia. The meeting was organised by representatives of the National Library, the University of New South Wales, and the Arts Libraries SocietyAustralia and New Zealand (ARLIS-ANZ).
During 2003, a survey of visual arts libraries was conducted by the National Library to update what was known about those libraries in Australia. Libraries surveyed were identified from the Australian Libraries Gateway and ARLIS-ANZ. The results of the survey, which are available upon request, indicated that for many smaller libraries, the cost of access to electronic resources was prohibitive. It was also clear that a number of libraries have information resources which they would like to make available more generally. The May meeting was attended by 40 interested stakeholders. The papers from that meeting will be made available by ARLIS-ANZ through its website and journal, and can also be requested from the National Library (shenders@nla.gov.au). Topics of particular interest were local indexing and database endeavours, digitisation, and the possibility of forming a consortium to assist the smaller libraries access electronic resources. A number of actions were identified as a result of the discussions, and it was resolved that a second forum on this topic be held in May 2005. Key action items include the following:
A full list of the action items can be found at <http://arlisanz.anu.edu.au/projectsavaforum.htm>. |
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