Interested in Collaborating with Us on a Project?
The Digital Scholarship Projects Team (DSPT) at W&M Libraries can help with transcription, website creation, and archiving projects. For any other platforms or tools, the team can advise, but we do not guarantee support or training, especially if it is a proprietary tool or incompatible with university devices.
To get started collaborating with us:
- Complete the Project Inquiry Form
- After your project inquiry is submitted and reviewed by our team, you will receive an email setting up an initial consultation.
If you have questions about projects we can support, contact Rachel Hogan, Instruction and Research Librarian for the Arts and Digital Humanities
Criteria for Projects
The DSPT will collaborate on projects that meet the following criteria:
- Research conducted by a current or emeritus faculty member that is part of their official capacity at W&M (either through teaching or research), affiliated with ongoing university programs and initiatives, or linked to current W&M libraries collections/history
- Projects must be published open-access with no embargos; however, access can be limited to use while on the W&M campus
- Project content must comply with library and archival standards regarding metadata, copyright, and arrangement.
- Regarding copyright, any works incorporated into the project must be in the public domain, open access materials where adaptation is allowable, or have the permission of the copyright holder to publish the materials.
- Projects must be hosted on servers and platforms that are approved by William & Mary Campus IT
The team reserves the right to revise the criteria by which it evaluates projects.
Support Offerings
All support is dependent on an initial inquiry and/or consultation with the researcher(s), W&M Libraries Digital Scholarship Projects Team, and W&M Information Technology.
Based on the initial inquiry and/or consultation we will recommend the following pathways:
- Creation of a Digital Collection with W&M Research Infrastructure
- Static Website Creation with the Digital Scholarship Projects Team
- OER Creation with William & Mary Press
- Additional consultations (up to 3) with the Digital Scholarship Projects Team Members to Help You Find the Resources and Tools that You Need
For any other platforms or tools, the team can advise, but do not guarantee support or training, especially if it is proprietary or not compatible with university devices or servers.
In some cases, the DSPT can migrate faculty projects that are hosted at another institution to W&M Libraries. The team’s ability to support this depends on the current format of the project, whether it requires proprietary software or if it uses obsolescent technology. In cases where W&M Libraries cannot host a project, the team can discuss the possibility of preserving the project.
Policies
See our Charge and Project Policy for full details about collaborating on digital projects with W&M Libraries.
Please review our Digital Scholarship Projects (DSP) Timeline for project completion estimates and restrictions.