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Small libraries are often more successful at effective automation than the large resource‐rich research libraries. One reason is that their pragmatic attitudes turn many of the small libraries' disadvantages in the areas of collection, staff and budget size to their advantage. Small collections are more readily automated and easily accessed, they have limited automation budgets and measurable improvements in basic services and operations receive top priority. This creates a results‐oriented accountability which pressures smaller libraries to make their systems work or to look elsewhere. Large libraries, by contrast, are often disappointed when overly ambitious automation projects flounder. Bringing software development in‐house often only compounds the problem. This paper argues that large libraries should follow the lead of their less prestigious neighbors by focusing on a more practical approach to automation.

JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.. Abstract-Scholarly interests are becoming ever more interdisciplinary-spanning art history, material culture, sociology, and anthropology-and fashion-related resources more sophisticated, causing fashion to emerge as an important area for collection development within academic libraries. The dramatic increase in fashion titles published during the last decade has coincided with the increase in academic interest in fashion, as compared to vocational or technical study. This article reviews recent literature, addresses changes in publishing and collecting fashion resources, recommends major resources suitable for research libraries, and profiles use by varying constituencies, examining how a fashion collection fits into an academic art library.

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