Knowledge Commons

• A New Coat of Paint: Say Hello to Our New Theme!

  

  You’ve probably noticed that we’ve made some major changes to the look and feel of Knowledge Commons. The new look for Knowledge Commons has been a long time coming and we hope you like the new design! However, such a redesign is not merely a lick of paint. It requires deep technical integration and care…

• Why You Should Donate to Knowledge Commons: Insights from Our Team

  All last week as part of our Giving Tuesday campaign, we featured posts on our social media from our team members. We asked them to reflect on what is most impactful to them about working on Knowledge Commons, and why you should consider donating to support the Commons. Below you can read all of their…

• Trust in Science: Accessibility, Persistence, and the Public Good

  I had the privilege last week of speaking at the International Association of Universities conference, held at the University of Rwanda. It was a long and at moments difficult journey, but well worth it for the conversations that took place there. The conference theme was “Building Trust in Higher Education” — a goal that has…

• Downtime, Profiles Data Bug, and a Round of More Positive Technical Updates

  tl;dr: We’ve had some downtime due to AI bots hammering us. We’re working on it. We had another bug where profile fields disappeared. We fixed it (duplicate metadata in the wp_bp_xprofile_field table). We’re doing lots of cool new development work. When big corporate players have problems or downtime, they tend to hide them and see…

• Utrecht University Joins Knowledge Commons as a Sustaining Member

  

  We are excited to share that Utrecht University in Utrecht, Netherlands is joining Knowledge Commons as a sustaining member! Their participation will help us to continue supporting our community of researchers, educators, students, and creators as they discover open works, connect with their peers, and share their valuable contributions to our collective knowledge. We are…

• Behind the scenes of #ResearchSpotlights

  The #ResearchSpotlights social media campaign for Knowledge Commons has been ongoing since April 2023. Since then, many hands have taken up mining the KC repository, KCWorks, to share the exciting and varying works that people worldwide add to it. Many of these hands have been graduate students within the English department at Michigan State University,…

• WordPress 6.8.1 and New Themes

  Last week, Knowledge Commons upgraded our WordPress instance to version 6.8.1. This update brings a range of exciting new features and enhancements that offer a smoother, more powerful experience to user sites. Below, you’ll find a selection of the latest tools and options you can start using on your site. For more details, be sure…

• University of Oregon Libraries Joins Knowledge Commons as a Sustaining Member

  

  We are delighted to share that University of Oregon Libraries is joining Knowledge Commons as a sustaining member! Their participation will help us to continue supporting our community of researchers, educators, students and other creators as they discover open works, connect with their peers, and share their valuable contributions to our collective knowledge.  Sustaining members…

• On Accessibility and Security

  In keeping with our commitment to be a platform for everyone and a good partner to both our current organizational members and those who wish to join us, the Knowledge Commons team recently completed two important reports: the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) and the Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit (HECVAT). Taken together these…

• Rebuilding Commons Search

  This fall we launched KCWorks, our brand-new, modern, really awesome document repository. But did you know we also launched a new search application, written from the ground up for Knowledge Commons? Well, we did! Search is not flashy. It’s something that’s meant to fade into the background and be taken for granted. If you think…