During the last few years, some very exciting changes have been underway for <i>Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts</i> (AATA). AATA has been the major bibliographic publication for conservation for over thirty years, semi-annually providing references to the continuously growing body of conservation literature. Many revisions to AATA's publishing process have already occurred as a result of the 1983 agreement between the J. Paul Getty Trust and the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC) whereby the Trust assumed financial and operational responsibility for AATA. When an agreement to computerize AATA was finalized in early 1986, a number of new possibilities for AATA's future opened up. This paper briefly outlines AATA's history, present developments as part of the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) Documentation Program, and some possible future directions. -- AATA