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Discover the latest open-access scholarship and teaching materials, make interdisciplinary connections, build a WordPress website, and increase the impact of your work by sharing it in KCWorks.
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#GivingTuesday is right around the corner, and this year we're asking that you consider supporting open infrastructure. 🙏 If you want to get started early with your donation to support Knowledge Commons, you can learn more here: about.hcommons.org/contribute/
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Pale yellow flyer with brown lettering that reads "'You cannot assimilate Indian ghosts' : a magical realist reading of Louise Erdrich's The Night Watchman"
How does magical realism reveal the unassimilated spirit of Native identity? Step inside Louise Erdrich’s world through this insightful analysis and find out more in today's #ResearchSpotlight: works.hcommons.org/records/3s4b...
20.11.2025 19:02 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Unpacking the balance between sovereignty and global human rights in Native contexts. Explore how today's #ResearchSpotlight studies legal and ethical discussions shaping the Native American experience: works.hcommons.org/records/mcvk...
18.11.2025 15:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📣 EXCITEMENT ALERT 🎉 The KCWorks on WP plugin is now available! This block-based plugin makes it easy to embed citations from the KCWorks repository directly on your WordPress pages, whether you are creating a website on KC or a self-hosted WP installation.
🔗: about.hcommons.org/2025/11/17/k...
@kcommons.bsky.social is free, reliable and very helpful for this if a simple and effective profile page for sharing projects and papers is needed.
07.11.2025 18:24 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A set of graphs and stats, showing off the features of Knowledge Commons Works
Our repository developer, Ian, has been building our new stats dashboard for @kcommons.bsky.social. It's looking great! And should be upstreamed to InvenioRDM.
07.11.2025 19:30 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Discover the rhythm of Indigenous creativity in this #ResearchSpotlight .Explore a growing open-access discography celebrating Indigenous artists and their music: works.hcommons.org/records/97ew...
13.11.2025 19:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#ResearchSpotlight: Dive into a critical look at the persistence of racialized mascots in sports to understand the politics of naming. works.hcommons.org/records/7f7k...
11.11.2025 15:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy National Native American Heritage Month : Open access means honoring every voice. Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by exploring stories that deserve to be remembered and shared.
11.11.2025 13:01 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A set of GhostInspector tests, all marked "Passing"
Today's peek inside the @kcommons.bsky.social tech lab: whenever we change the site, we have a set of automated tests that run to verify we haven't broken anything that was working before. Some of these test the code, and some test the actual site with a simulated browser. Green ticks make me happy!
06.11.2025 18:00 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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In case you missed it: last week’s open access discussions were packed with key insights!
- Knowledge belongs to the community
- Nonprofit infrastructure is key
- Collaboration drives the future
Big ideas, big takeaways, and plenty of inspiration for making knowledge open and accessible to everyone.
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The owl as the final photo
Today's progress on our new @kcommons.bsky.social profile system.
Nice photo cropping interface, so you too can become a wise owl!
Very cool! Congrats to @eve.gd and the @kcommons.bsky.social team. Great to see @orcid.org's Global Participation Fund grants being put to good use!
30.10.2025 15:55 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Once you've gotten out of that site, I'd highly recommend checking out the open repository run by Knowledge Commons ( @kcommons.bsky.social )— a non-profit run by academics!
about.hcommons.org
No tricks from us today, just a little preview treat! 🎃🍬😍
Coming soon to KCWorks: a brand new stats dashboard! The all new functionality will allow collection administrators access detailed statistics on their collections. Click the link to see how it works! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Firz...
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From EcoGothic to apocalypse—October's final #ResearchSpotlight sails into horror’s ecological depths with Moore & Gibbons’ Tales of the Black Freighter. Sea monsters and world endings await! 🌊☠️
works.hcommons.org/records/8sfy... "
Did you miss our #OpenAccessWeek webinar? Our team shared how you can use KCWorks to disseminate your scholarship and publications...AND gave a sneak peek at a major system upgrade that'll be launching very soon. You're not going to want to miss it!
🔗: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOGq...
Happy #OpenEd25! Two of our team members, Larissa Babak and Bonnie Russell, created a lightning talk that can be viewed by conference attendees now! 🔗 opened25.sched.com/event/270Ex/...
If you're not attending, don't worry! Our talk will be available for everyone in a few days. 🙂
Pale orange flyer with red lettering that reads "Are horror film scores un (der) appreciated? A review of their function, perception and professional recognition by GN Martin"
What’s that sound? This #ResearchSpotlight tunes into un(der)appreciated horror film scores—discover how sound shapes fear and chills in cinema here: works.hcommons.org/records/4ys0... 🎵🔪
28.10.2025 18:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I had the privilege last week of speaking at the International Association of Universities conference, held at the University of Rwanda. It was a long... (New post from kfitz.info: "Trust in Science: Accessibility, Persistence, and the Public Good" https://kfitz.info/trust-in-science/)
27.10.2025 13:06 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Our team developed an open-source WordPress plugin that lets you pull in items from your ORCID profile and display them on your site. Very cool!
Schopieray, S., & Eben, G. (2025). Linked Open Profiles - ORCID Global Participation Fund Final Report 2025 (p. 3). MSU Commons. doi.org/10.17613/ypc...
A screenshot of the submission form to Knowledge Commons, which contains a Yes/No question: "Did generative AI contribute to the production of this work?"
Submitting to @kcommons.bsky.social today and so relieved to see that they're asking if genAI contributed to the production of the work. Love to see transparency in a repository like this!
27.10.2025 20:49 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Happening today! 🌿 Join us for Open for All: Knowledge Commons, KCWorks & the Future of Open Access.
10AM ET — it’s not too late to register!”
Join us! 👉 msu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Pale orange flyer with red lettering that reads "Hybrid Time in The Living and the Dead by Derek Johnston"
Are ghosts trapped in time? This #ResearchSpotlight explores hybrid temporality in The Living and the Dead, where horror unsettles past and present. What are you waitinig for? Dive in: works.hcommons.org/records/fk3c... ⏳👻
23.10.2025 14:06 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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⏳ The wait is almost over! In just a couple of days, join us to explore how KCWorks is redefining open access and empowering institutions worldwide.
Register now! 🔗msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/yyQaJwxgRl62qBc-EzVSvQ
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Open access is about more than free articles — it’s about community control over knowledge. Join us as we talk about what’s next for open infrastructure.
Save your spot now! 👉 msu.zoom.us/meeting/register/yyQaJwxgRl62qBc-EzVSvQ
Yep, we'll be recording the webinar! It'll be posted on our YouTube channel afterwards. Thanks for your kind words 💕
21.10.2025 19:05 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Pale orange flyer with red lettering that reads "Space and the Affect of Horror in Pablo Larrain's Post Mortem by Rosia Tapia"
Gothic atmosphere, chilling spaces—#ResearchSpotlight examines how horror shapes space and feeling in Post Mortem by Pablo Larrain. Step inside the uncanny at works.hcommons.org/records/j8jn... ! 🏚️😱
21.10.2025 18:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Y'know what's fun about working on Knowledge Commons? Seeing a deposit to KCWorks like this: "Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich." Definitely worth a read. works.hcommons.org/records/7sqf...
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Look at all the amazing events happening during #OAWeek! 😍 Don't forget to register for our webinar, too! See you Friday: msu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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