Knowledge Commons

🍀 Sometimes the best moments in research feel like a little bit of luck.

Maybe it’s discovering the exact article you’ve been searching for, connecting with someone working on a similar idea, or stumbling across a source that completely changes your perspective.

Platforms like Knowledge Commons help make those moments happen more often by supporting open scholarship and connecting humanities researchers across institutions and disciplines.

This Women’s History Month, our #ResearchSpotlight series honors the voices and scholarship of women whose work continues to shape history, culture, and knowledge. Explore open-access research celebrating women’s contributions across disciplines.

🍀 Feeling lucky this March?

The real pot of gold isn’t hidden at the end of a rainbow — it’s in open research and stronger scholarly connections.

When scholars share knowledge openly, discoveries travel farther, collaborations grow, and communities benefit.

That’s the kind of gold we’re after.

#OpenResearch #OpenScholarship #Humanities #KnowledgeCommons

Support community-owned scholarly infrastructure. 💖

The KC Champions program invites supporters of Knowledge Commons to help sustain our open platform where scholars and educators share research, collaborate, and build knowledge together. Become a Champion and help strengthen the future of open, nonprofit scholarly communication!

Learn more: https://about.hcommons.org/kc-champions/

Another day, another report of a for-profit academic website exploiting user data 🙄😫

Create an account on Knowledge Commons today--we're a nonprofit network where users can create websites, upload works to our open access repository, and so much more. And guess what? We don't sell your data! 💖

Get started: https://hcommons.org/

There’s just something about seeing the humanities thrive that makes us feel all the love. 💗

At Knowledge Commons, we’re passionate about supporting open scholarship and creating space for humanities research to be shared, discovered, and celebrated.

Because when research reaches wider audiences, everyone wins.

💕 TOMORROW 💕 Join the Commons team from 9am-10am for "The Ethics of Open Scholarship," brought to you by MSU Ethics Week. All are welcome for this open discussion. Register now! https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3OW23rH3tNAU71s

Dear Open Access,
Thanks for making research open, shareable, and easy to fall in love with. 💌 You help scholars and communities everywhere discover and connect through knowledge.

We love supporting open research and helping humanities work reach the audiences it deserves.

#KnowledgeCommons #OpenAccess #OpenKnowledge #Humanities #ScholarlyCommunication

📣 Happening next week 🗣️ Join the KC team on February 17 from 9am-10am for "The Ethics of Open Scholarship," a webinar taking place as part of MSU's Ethics Week. This event will explore the ethical questions surfaced by the open access and open science movements. Use the link to register now! https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3OW23rH3tNAU71s

Next week, as part of MSU's second annual Ethics Week, the Commons team will be presenting "The Ethics of Open Scholarship." This panel will include discussion of creating greater equity in scholarly and scientific communication!

Register: https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3OW23rH3tNAU71s

Why do we love open access? 💖
Because knowledge should be shared, not locked away. At Knowledge Commons, we support open, accessible humanities research so scholars, students, and communities can discover and build on work without barriers.

This month, we’re celebrating open knowledge and the impact it has across the humanities.

#KnowledgeCommons #OpenAccess #Humanities #HigherEducation

The Ethics Institute at MSU is holding their second ever Ethics Week on Feb. 16-20, 2026! View the schedule now, and sign up for "The Ethics of Open Scholarship," which will be presented by the KC team. More details from us soon: https://ethics.msu.edu/events/ethics-week

Many thanks to #KatinaMagazine, who recently featured us as a #ResourceReview! ♥️ If your library, organization, or institutions wants to learn more about KCWorks, email us for a demo at network@hcommons.org.

https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/resource-reviews/2026/review-of-kc-works-for-institutions

Our 2025 Annual Report just launched! 🚀

You can download the full report as a PDF or a text-based version right now. Read about all of our accomplishments over the next year, including stats for uploads to KCWorks. ❤️

🔗: https://about.hcommons.org/annual-report/

Knowledge Commons is not just a platform — we’re a coalition. And that coalition needs you. Read more on our blog and get involved today: https://about.hcommons.org/2025/12/18/join-the-kc-coalition/

We have an early holiday treat for you! 😍 🎁 We're delighted to introduce brand new stats dashboards for EVERY collection in KCWorks! You can enable it to view statistics for the collections you admin, and you can also view stats for our entire repository. Read more on our team blog, and stay tuned on social media all this week for more highlights! https://about.hcommons.org/2025/12/15/introducing-the-new-stats-dashboard-in-kcworks/

Hey Mastodon! Did you know maintaining our server costs approximately $3000 a year, or $250 a month? If 10 users contribute $25 dollars a month, it ensures that EVERYONE who has found our server can continue to make connections with other users. Donate now: https://givingto.msu.edu/causes-to-support/crowdpower/knowledge-commons

📣 MAJOR EXCITEMENT ALERT 🎉 The KCWorks on WP plugin is now available on Knowledge Commons! This block-based plugin makes it easy to embed citations from the KCWorks repository directly on your WordPress pages, whether you are using the KCSites platform or a self-hosted WordPress installation.

🔗: https://about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/kcworks-on-wp-plugin-launches-on-knowledge-commons/

Happy #OpenEd25! Two of our team members, @babaklar@hcommons.social and @BatsInLavender@hcommons.social created a lightning talk that can be viewed by conference attendees now! 🔗 https://opened25.sched.com/event/270Ex/connecting-sharing-and-discovering-knowledge-commons-for-researchers-educators-and-oer-creators

If you're not attending, don't worry! Our talk will be available for everyone in a few days. 🙂