Journal article
Student preferences vs. university capacities for online historic clothing collections
International journal of fashion design, technology and education, pp 1-10
25 Sep 2025
Abstract
This study investigated students' objectives, preferences, and hurdles using online historic clothing collection databases and compared them to the institutional capacities of three United States university using a transformative mixed methods study design involving the collection of quantitative and qualitative data from 89 student users. Results showed students preferred high-quality images and robust information. However, the university collections had limited levels of budget, staffing, and digital capacities and, overall, were not well-prepared to digitise more of their holdings and make them searchable online. Active learning and object-based learning activities could help develop digital content utilising student work on research, photography, and data entry. However, to meet learning objectives the web and search design infrastructure must already be well-developed. Otherwise, the curricular focus shifts too much from fashion history and museum education to web development.
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- Title
- Student preferences vs. university capacities for online historic clothing collections
- Creators
- Dina Smith-Glaviana - Virginia TechMonica Sklar (Corresponding Author) - University of GeorgiaArden Kirkland - Syracuse UniversityClare Sauro - Drexel UniversityLily Wilkerson - University of Georgia
- Publication Details
- International journal of fashion design, technology and education, pp 1-10
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 10
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Design
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001578845200001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105017096219
- Other Identifier
- 991022121059704721