摘要：In May 2004, the National Library of Australia held a Visual Arts Forum, largely in response to concerns raised by members of the arts libraries society in Australia and New Zealand, ARLIS/ANZ. Many of these concerns may be shared by members of ARLIS/NA. They include a need for a good directory of arts libraries, a need for better access to the hidden resources of arts libraries such as vertical files, and a general feeling that the constraints inherent in being a small library with a small budget were preventing arts libraries from realising much of the promise of new technology, specifically the promise of the Internet and digitisation.The Visual Arts Forum took the form of a one-day meeting with over 40 attendees from ARLIS/ANZ libraries, the National Library and other stakeholders such as the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools. It is now two years since the Forum, and a good time to assess its outcomes.
