Williams College Archives and Special Collections adheres to national and international community-based standards and best practices in all its work.
A Digital Collection Development Policy summarizes our digital program effort.
Our overall operations:
Metadata:
- Williams College Archives MODS Guidelines
- Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
- Visual Resources Association (VRA) Core
- Oxygen XML Editor
- Text Wrangler
Digitization:
Equipment:
- Epson Expression 10000XL Flatbed Scanners (2)
- Nikon D60 with SLR lens (1)
- Smith-Victor K82 2-Light 500 Watt Ultra Cool Portable Kit (120V AC) (2)
- Magnetic Board (1)
Software:
- SilverFast Epson IT8 (flatbeds)
- Nikon Transfer Utility (digital camera)
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe Lightroom
- Handbrake