David Dwiggins, Information Technology Officer at Historic New England, discussed the evolution of the organization's digitization strategy. As part of its Collections Access Project, the Historic New England has placed images of more than 50,000 items from its collection online since 2010. Although original plans called for outsourcing almost all digitization, investments in equipment and training allowed the organization to produce archival quality, high-resolution images to supply its website, publication programs, and external users. The new direction has made the organization less dependent on grant funding for maintaining digitization activities, and has allowed it to develop internal expertise that reduces costs and increases efficiency. Dwiggins will discuss the challenges and opportunities the organization encountered as it built up its digital imaging capabilities from scratch. This presentation was part of "Digitizing Originals – From Best Practice to Archival Image," a panel discussion at the Visual Resources Association annual conference in Providence, Rhode Island, April 4, 2013. The session discussed best practices for photographing original material and creating archival images. Presenters also provided examples of established workflows for gathering, photographing, cataloging and archiving these materials.