CONFERENCE, WORKSHOP & INVITED PRESENTATIONS

1. Adam Crymble. "Mashing Up Large Datasets: Finding Answers in the Absence of Direct Evidence" InterFace. London, UK. July, 2011.
2. Adam Crymble. "Using Social Media to your Advantage in Academia University of Sheffield. Sheffield, UK. June, 2011.
3. Adam Crymble. "Writing a Magazine Query" presented for The University of Western Ontario Public History Class, 2010-2011. London, ON. January, 2011.
4. Adam Crymble. "The Media and London's Irish Population: 1801-1820" Eighteenth Century Seminar (PechaKucha style), Institute for Historical Research, London, UK. November 2010.
5. Adam Crymble & Jason Young. "The Popular Publishing Writer's Guild" presented at the Active History Annual Meeting. Montreal, Quebec. May 2010.
6. Adam Crymble. "Pitching an Article to a Magazine Editor" presented at Reaching a Popular Audience. Vancouver, BC. March, 2010.
7. Adam Crymble & William J. Turkel. "The NiCHE Digital Infrastructure" poster presented at the American Society for Environmental History conference. Portland, OR. March, 2010.
8. Adam Crymble. "How to Pitch an Article to an Editor" presented at Writing for a Popular Audience. London, ON. October, 2009.
9. Adam Crymble. "What is Public History?" Huron College, London, ON. November 2007.

TEACHING MEDIA SKILLS

Adam has co-organized two workshops which gave students from 17 institutions of higher learning the skills to publish their research in newspapers and magazines:

An audio version of his "Writing a Magazine Query" presentation is below:

BLOGGING

Adam has been writing "Thoughts on Public and Digital History" since 2007.

The blog includes musings on new technology for research, reviews of interactive aspects of museums and thoughts about disseminating research to a wide audience.

WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID

Comments by academics about Adam:

1. Collins, Jez. "An Analysis of Twitter and Facebook Use by the Archival Community." interactivecultures. 25 November 2010.
2. Stewart, Meg. "Mapping the #hackacad Contributors." Geospacial Technologies in Education. July 2010.
3. Witling, LeDale. "The Limits of Digital History." Urban Oasis. 6 June 2010.
4. Scheinfeldt, Tom. "Briefly Noted for November 15, 2009." Found History. 15 November 2009.
5. Smith, Andrew. "Workshop on Writing History for a Mass Audience." Andrew Smith's Blog. 14 September 2009.
6. Cohen, Daniel. "Canadianization of Zotero". Dan Cohen's Digital Humanities Blog. 3 September 2008.
7. Turkel, William J. "Beginning in the Middle." Digital History Hacks. 10 May 2008.

PEER REVIEWED RESEARCH: WORKING WITH DATA

In a recent peer reviewed article: "An Analysis of Twitter and Facebook Use by the Archival Community" (Archivaria #70) Adam used computational methods to analyze over three thousand websites to determine how the archival community used social media as an outreach tool.

MAGAZINE & NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Apart from studying historical media sources, Adam also has practical experience with contemporary media. He continues to publish articles in Canadian and American magazines and newspapers about his research interests.

These articles include pieces that inform other historical researchers how to use various digital tools and online collections to improve their research.

Select Popular Publications:

1. "Elevator Pitching for Academia," University Affairs, Aug. 2011.
2. "Using Twitter to Hone Your Genealogy Skills," Discovering Family History, Apr. 2010.
3. "How to submit an article to a non-academic publication," University Affairs Magazine, Mar. 2010
4. "Toolkit: Zotero for Family History Research," Family Tree Magazine, Sept. 2009.
5. "Western Helps Museum London Go Digital", Western News, Apr. 2008