Abstract
As a small academic library, technology has always been a challenge. Recent IT
department personnel changes have yielded robust technologies on campus at long last. This
meant that it was finally worth pursuing grant opportunities to create digital collections from our
Archives holdings. Our 10,000 piece Historical Costume Collection and Fashion program history
seemed a good place to start. But the path to applying for a large-scale grant at our institution was
not as straightforward as it we had hoped.
