hello is the admin account for hcommons.social and the voice of Knowledge Commons, serving all your open-access, open-source, non-profit scholarly communication needs!
Formerly Humanities Commons (2016-2024)
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.
We've just released our first report from the MORPHSS project: **Openness in the arts, humanities and social sciences: Documenting open research practices beyond STEM**. We explore the narrow focus of existing frameworks of open research & propose more inclusive ways of accommodating the diversity of open practice across all disciplines.
https://works.hcommons.org/records/h10rz-qk035#description-heading
📍Join ORCID's Associate Director of Engagement Paloma Marín-Arraiza for a webinar with DataCite in support of Love Data Week!
⏰ Learn how to link and track research outputs and activities to save time and elevate impact.
🆔 ORCID iDs + DataCite DOIs work together to make this possible.
Find out more on 10 February. Register now 👉 https://datacite.zoom.us/webinar/register/8017679631276/WN_H5S9VYLZSKqE1g2-XEaR8Q#/registration
Our February newsletter has officially launched! 🚀
Read more of the month's highlights you may have missed, including our brand new theme, how you can become a KC Champion, and so much more!
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
In today’s #ResearchSpotlight, explore how design, space, and protest shape the ongoing fight for racial justice: https://works.hcommons.org/records/4j6vf-n9168
We are pleased to announce that Knowledge Commons has recently received a $20,000 donation from @digitalscholar to support our platform! We offer our sincere thanks to Digital Scholar for their generous donations and continued support. You can read more on our blog 💙
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
This month we kick off a new #ResearchSpotlight series celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth — featuring research that amplifies Black voices, histories, and movements shaping culture, politics, and social justice. Across disciplines, these works explore how Black thinkers, communities, and artists transform the world’s understanding of freedom, equity, and belonging. Discover, read, and share scholarship that honors Black histories and envisions Black futures.
An interview/case study with @kfitz about @hello ! In it, she talks about some of the absolute key issues for open infrastructure, such as scholar governance, sustainability, and total openness as an unnegotiable principle.
Building the Commons: How Knowledge Commons is navigating challenges through community and collaboration
https://investinopen.org/blog/building-the-commons-how-knowledge-commons-is-navigating-challenges-through-community-and-collaboration/
From its beginnings at the Modern Language Association to becoming a core service at Michigan State University, @hello has grown by focusing on what scholars need: a place for nontraditional research, control over their work and data, and governance rooted in participation, not profit.
Happy Global Data Privacy Day!
Take a minute today to ensure your ORCID iD is secure.
Here are three ways you can protect your scholarly identity:
📲 Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA).
🏛️ Regularly audit your "Trusted Organizations" list.
💻 Use a unique, strong password for your Registry login.
More at https://support.orcid.org/
There are many research hosting services out there. Lots of them want to host your work in order to mine it for profit. Knowledge Commons wants to build a coalition of researchers, teachers, students, and more, in order to resist the authoritarian effort to undermine public access to knowledge. Please join us by visiting https://hcommons.org, creating an account, and sharing your work with the world. And if you like what you find and want to support our efforts, become a KC Champion! We are committed to our community and its work, and we hope you’ll share that commitment. https://about.hcommons.org/kc-champions
ICYMI we announced KC Champions this morning! 📣
If you'd like to support your favorite non-profit, academy-owned project that is free to everyone and doesn't steal user data or profit from sketchy policies, you can learn more here: https://about.hcommons.org/kc-champions/
Stop supporting ed tech or predatory platforms like academia dot edu. Start supporting community-led initiatives like Knowledge Commons (Humanities Commons), built by academics *for* academics.
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We are very excited to announce a new individual membership program: KC Champions! Please share this with your networks and encourage them to support academy-owned, community-governed scholarly communication infrastructure. #commons #OpenInfrastructure @hello https://hcommons.social/@hello/115967426547140693
🧵 (3/3) We hope that you’ll consider becoming a KC Champion, and that you’ll let us know if you have ideas for additional benefits that would be meaningful for your use of the platform! 🤗 :kc:
🧵 2/3 The TL;DR is, by making a yearly contribution, you'll receive benefits that include:
🛍️ Exclusive Commons merch
🌐 Special recognition on your profile
🖥️ Custom domains attached to your Commons site
🤗 Our gratitude for your support
Sign up today: https://commerce.cashnet.com/msu_8001
🧵 1/3 Today we’re announcing a new individual membership program, KC Champions, available through our storefront! 💪
Our platform is available free of charge, but we've designed an offering for those who want just a bit extra and who want to help support us.
🔗 https://about.hcommons.org/2026/01/26/become-a-kc-champion/
Have you checked out our new stats dashboard yet? 👀
You can view analytics for all of KCWorks, or turn it on just for your own collections that you create. Browse subjects, file formats, and so much more. We're biased, but it's a pretty cool feature. 😊
Check it out now! works.hcommons.org/stats
