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• A Bumpy Start to the Joys of Open Access: A Festive Perspective

  Today, as we continue to celebrate International Open Access Week and reflect on finding joy in OA work, we’ve got a guest post from our friends at H-Net and the Journal of Festive Studies. More than six years ago, the open access joy of The Journal of Festive Studies began. Patrick Cox, the then-Vice-President for…

• Why Open Access? An Infographic from Julian Chambliss

  This week, October 24-30, is International Open Access Week and we’re celebrating by partnering with some of our friends to reflect on the theme of joy in open access! In this infographic by Julian Chambliss—Professor of English at Michigan State University, Val Berryman Curator of History at the MSU Museum, and faculty lead for the Graphic…

• On Prior Publication

  Last week, we received two takedown notices for items deposited to CORE. They arrived at nearly the same time, and so we found ourselves thinking about them in connected ways, though their cases are very, very different. The first came through AWS Abuse, who passed on a report to us that we were distributing copyright…

• Embedded Documents in websites on the Commons

  The Commons has long supported two plugins that allow users to embed PDFs and other documents within their Commons-hosted websites: PDFjs Viewer and the Google Docs Embedder. Both of these plugins are now obsolete and are being retired. We have converted embedded documents to download links. There are cases where embedding documents may be useful,…

• Misinformation and the Commons

  My birthday fell earlier this week, and brought with it the usual delightful overflow of Facebook greetings. It was always my favorite part of that platform, and it managed to draw me out of the semi-boycott I’ve been conducting to say thanks to everyone. My semi-boycott means that while I haven’t deleted my account because…

• We Need Your Input

  The questions that have recently surfaced for us around community, safety, and trust have made clear the extent to which we on the Commons team need ongoing feedback and advice from our users. Our network governance model, recognizing that need, provide for two advisory groups: a technical advisory group and a user advisory group. Members…

• Community, Safety, and Trust

  Earlier this month, the Modern Language Association held its annual convention, and our team hoped that we would be able to engage with attendees, helping them continue their conversations with one another via the Commons. Instead, we found ourselves fending off what initially looked like a bot attack: a massive influx of new account creation…

• Using the Commons for Canceled or Virtual Events

  For those who have had to cancel events or shift to virtual meetings in response to COVID-19, this post will provide information about ways Humanities Commons could be a resource. CORE, our open access repository, is a place presenters can share conference papers and other presentation materials. The deposit will get a DOI and structured…

• The Educator’s Guide to Humanities Commons

  On Thursday, August 15th, we posted a Twitter thread through the @humcommons Twitter account that detailed the many Humanities Commons tools that educators might find helpful. Since this thread received such a positive response, we decided to also share it as a blog post here for posterity and in case any non-Twitter users might be interested in what…

• #HCTwitterConf19

  On 18 July 2019, we hosted Making Connections, our first Twitter conference. Participants posted their presentations, questions, and comments on Twitter using the #HCTwitterConf19 hashtag. If you missed it, you can catch up via our collection of Twitter moments. You can also find links on the conference schedule. Thank you to all of the participants who…