Category: CORE

• Knowledge Commons Works has launched!

  The Knowledge Commons team is over the moon to share with you today that the beta version of our new repository is LIVE! Knowledge Commons Works (KCWorks for short) has been a massive, team-wide effort over the past year to create a repository platform suited for the needs of our users today, and well into […]

• 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 […]

• CORE is transitioning to FAST metadata subject headings

  Humanities CORE launched as a full-featured beta in May 2015 on MLA Commons. In 2016 it was released to the wider community with the launch of Humanities Commons. A white paper detailing the original project can be found in CORE if you’d like to know more about the history. In the six years since its […]

• CORE maintenance is complete – reopen for deposit

  The Humanities Commons CORE repository server migration has finished and it is now reopen for deposit. If you have any questions, or encounter any issues with your deposits, please contact us at hello[at]hcommons.org.

• CORE Migration Winter 2022

  The Humanities Commons CORE repository will be undergoing maintenance starting on Friday January 28, 2022, 9am EDT. We will be migrating content to a new server, and in order to ensure all content is transferred deposits will be suspended until that migration is complete. We will update everyone when depositing can resume. During migration deposits […]

• Watch Online Communities & Social Justice on YouTube

  If you missed our first CORE deposit party fear not, we’ve uploaded it to YouTube. Again, a huge thanks to all of our participants! Held on March 30, 2021, Online Communities and Transformative Justice was an opportunity to discuss the potential for online communities to engage in anti-racist praxis, transformative justice, and ethical community engagement. […]

• Introducing the Online Communities and Transformative Justice Panelists

  The Commons is pleased to announce the panelists for our CORE Deposit Party, Online Communities and Transformative Justice, on March 30th from 12 to 1:30pm EDT. The event will be an opportunity to discuss the potential for online communities to engage in anti-racist praxis, transformative justice, and ethical community engagement. The event will start with […]

• Online Communities and Transformative Justice, a conversation and CORE deposit party

  Join MSU Commons on March 30th from 12 to 1:30pm EDT for Online Communities and Transformative Justice, an opportunity to discuss the potential for online communities to engage in anti-racist praxis, transformative justice, and ethical community engagement. There will be a panel discussion with a series of 5-7 minute lightning talks around the subject, followed […]

• Top CORE Deposits of October 2019

  The most downloaded CORE deposits in October 2019 included books, articles, and five syllabi—on topics ranging from American horror films to women’s medical writing: James Gifford, Modernism. Syllabus. Caitlin Duffy, EGL 194: Intro to Film. Syllabus. Edith Hall, The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer’s Odyssey. Book. Ilana Gershon, “Media Ideologies: An Introduction.” Article. Ayesha Majid, […]

• Most Downloaded CORE Deposits in September 2019

  The most downloaded work in CORE last month: Oscar Martinez-Peñate, El Salvador Sociología General. Book. Titus Stahl, “What is Immanent Critique?” Article. Ayesha Majid, “Marketing strategy of Lenovo laptops.” Report. Ilana Gershon, “Media Ideologies: An Introduction.” Article. Hanna de Vries, “Collective nouns.” Book chapter. Edith Hall, The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer’s Odyssey. Book. […]