Category: Professional

• Is there a right way for academics to tweet?

  It sometimes seems like there’s one way to be an academic on Twitter. I explore why you shouldn’t worry about that.

  Joseph M. Adelman

  24 Oct 2016

  Professional

  academia, social media, Twitter

• Open Digital Resources: The AAS Printers File

  Some additional thoughts on the Printers File at the American Antiquarian Society and the possibilities it offers for research on the early American printing trades.

  Joseph M. Adelman

  26 May 2016

  Professional

  American Antiquarian Society, databases, digital history, printers, Printers File, Revolutionary Networks

• Making the Academic-Public Audience Transition

  As scholars discuss the merits of writing for academic and popular audiences, I’ve been thinking about how to make the transition between the two for large-scale projects.

  Joseph M. Adelman

  11 Feb 2016

  Professional

  Post Office, writing

• My Social Media Story, Part 2

  In Part 2 of my essay on scholarly online engagement, I discuss what being active on social media has meant for me.

  Joseph M. Adelman

  11 Mar 2015

  Professional

  academia, blogging, social media, Twitter

• My Social Media Story, Part 1

  How do academics engage on social media and why? I offer my story as an example based on a recent talk about scholarly online engagement.

  Joseph M. Adelman

  10 Mar 2015

  Professional

  academia, blogging, social media, Twitter