Adam Matthew Digital

Adam Matthew Publications was founded in 1990 by David Tyler and William Pidduck.{{cite web|last1=Adam Matthew Digital|title=Our History|url=http://www.amdigital.co.uk/about-us/meet-the-team/our-history/|website=www.amdigital.co.uk|publisher=Adam Matthew Digital|access-date=14 January 2015}} The company focused on publishing microfilm collections with a back list of over 600 titles until publishing their first ‘digital’ collections in the late 1990s on CD-ROM, and releasing its first truly online resources in the early 2000s.{{cite web|last1=Pidduck|first1=William|title=Archival Publishing: The Microform/CD-ROM Partnership|url=http://www.degruyter.com/dg/viewarticle/j$002fmfir.1995.24.issue-4$002fmfir.1995.24.4.182$002fmfir.1995.24.4.182.xml;jsessionid=C32573B62B080B11949A3F6CC20DBE48|website=degruyter.com|publisher=Schmidt Periodicals GmbH|access-date=7 August 2015}}

By the mid-2000s, the company directors – now including Khal Rudin – founded Adam Matthew Digital to focus solely on the development and production of digital collections, and began trading as a separate entity from 1 January 2007.{{cite web|last1=Hindsl|title=v25 #2 ATG Interviews Karen Phillips, Vice President, SAGE and Khal Rudin, Director, Adam Matthew|url=http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/05/v25-2-atg-interviews-karen-phillips-vice-president-sage-and-khal-rudin-director-adam-matthew/|website=against-the-grain.com|date=8 May 2013|publisher=Against the Grain|access-date=14 January 2015}}

On 5 October 2012, the company was acquired by SAGE Publications.{{cite web|last1=CLC LLC|title=30th Annual Charleston Conference|url=http://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/archives/2010/2010_VS_Guide.pdf|website=CharlestonLibraryConference.com|publisher=Charleston Information Group, LLC|access-date=15 January 2015}}

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The company publishes collections of digitized primary source materials from different historical eras.{{Cite book |title=Engaging Students with Archival and Digital Resources |last1=Cotton |first1=Justine |publisher=Chandos |year=2011 |isbn=9781843345688 |location=Oxford |pages=47 |first2=David Mark |last2=Sharron |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UaNtAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA47}} For example, Empire Online covers the histories of colonial era United States, Canada, India, Australia, South Africa, and Britain.{{Cite web |url=http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2014/06/reference/the-birth-of-a-database |title=The Birth of a Database |location=New York USA |publisher=Library Journal |access-date=2015-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820163841/http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2014/06/reference/the-birth-of-a-database/ |archive-date=2014-08-20 |url-status=dead }} Other collection topics include gender studies, American history and consumer culture, Victorian England, Asian history, the First World War, and others.{{cite web |url=http://www.caul.edu.au/caul-programs/ceirc/publishers/adammatthew |title=Adam Matthew Digital |location=Sydney Australia |publisher=Council of Australian University Librarians |access-date=2015-01-14}}

Adam Matthew have collaborated with various source archives and institutions including the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Newberry Library and The National Archives (United Kingdom). An explanation of their relationship with The National Archives (United Kingdom) has been recorded in a short video {{cite web|title=Digitising The Past - Video|url=http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-news/digitising-the-past-video/|website=News|publisher=Adam Matthew|access-date=19 June 2015}} which covers the process of selection, preservation and digitisation of materials required to produce resources on topics such as Apartheid South Africa, Confidential Print: Middle East and The Nixon Years.{{cite web|last1=Fogg|first1=Martha|title=Digitization: a successful collaborative partnership between library and publisher|url=http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/910|website=www.history.ac.uk|publisher=Institute of Historical Research, University of London|access-date=10 December 2014}}

In January 2016, Adam Matthew partnered with Jisc to provide all UK Higher and Further Education institutions with access to their nineteenth century collection on global immigration, Migration to New Worlds. To gain permanent access without payment, UK institutions can register with Jisc to receive access details for their entire staff and students.{{cite web|title=Jisc and Adam Matthew collaborate to provide access to 'Migration to New Worlds' to all UK higher education and further education institutions|url=https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/jisc-and-adam-matthew-collaborate-to-provide-access-to-migration-to-new-worlds-21-jan-2016|website=News|publisher=Jisc|access-date=3 May 2016}}

In 2013, the company entered into an agreement with the Texas State Libraries and Archives Commission (TSLAC) to provide permanent access to two Adam Matthew digital collections via the TexShare consortium.{{cite web|title=Now in TexShare: The American West and American Indian Histories and Cultures from AMDigital|url=https://www.tsl.texas.gov/texshare/awfaq.html|website=Texas State Library|publisher=Texas State Library and Archives Commission|access-date=4 January 2015}} The agreement was terminated in 2018.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

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