Who says that reproductions of artworks on the computer screen can't be as satisfying to study or admire as on high-quality paper? Librarians have long been resigned to investing in pricey art catalogs so that their patrons can appreciate Van Gogh's Starry Night or Picasso's Self Portrait. Those days may be over thanks to the efforts of one publisher that decided that this would be the year its already well-known art database would be given a makeover that librarians invested in the subject would cherish. That publisher is Oxford, of course, and the product is Grove Art Online, or Oxford Art Online, to be more exact. Here's what you need to know: Oxford Art Online, which went live in the spring, refers to more than a single database. It is the publisher's newly designed platform that houses the familiar Grove Art Online - now revamped with new content, images, functionality, and partnership links - and provides access to electronic versions of the 34-volume print edition of The Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. And what better setting to unveil the product's fresh new look and content than New York's own Metropolitan Museum of Art, where this past May several Oxford representatives gathered with about three dozen librarians (and a prying LJ editor who sat in the back and took notes) to discuss the product's features and get librarian feedback in the final stages of production. Oxford's message that the product was being rebuilt based on what librarians needed was heard loud and clear, prompting the attendees to ask questions and, much to Oxford's liking, make suggestions on how to improve the existing features. Whether you already subscribe to the product or are considering to subscribe, expect the following improvements: a more user-friendly interface; major content revisions (twice yearly); a more print-friendly format; the ability to export citations to citation management software (Endnote™, Procite™, RefWorks™, and Reference Manager™); the ability to refine searches by source, type, and subject; the inclusion of over 2000 additional color images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Art Images for College Teaching; and 500 new images of modern and contemporary art, now embedded in the text of the articles. All libraries that subscribed to Grove Art Online have been transitioned to the new platform as of June 30, 2008. More details are available at www.oxfordartonline.com.