If you missed #OpenEd2025 last week the #KnowledgeCommons lightning talk is now on KCWorks.

Publishing with Knowledge Commons and KCWorks https://works.hcommons.org/records/7wfx5-fys61

"During this session, we will demonstrate how Knowledge Commons can be utilized in the OER creation process by pointing to examples that have been published in various formats from across the platform. We will discuss how KC connects authors, audiences, and researchers, and makes knowledge available to the community. We will also discuss how our team has worked with our user community to cultivate open projects."

#openaccess #publishing #scholarlycommunications

Another great deposit in KCWorks from some folks at Punctum Books: Open or Proprietary? AI Scraping of OA Content Warrants a Collective Response

https://works.hcommons.org/records/6ftf4-5xg24

"How can these OA publishers have a better view of how their publications are used with regard to the terms of their licenses, primarily in relation to commercial reuse (even while recognizing that there could never have a complete view, and that's okay)? How can OA publishers better monitor usage by nonhuman readers (AI bots) and the corporations to which they are tethered? How can they strategize to better confront and negotiate the massive extraction of profit from the scholarly labor OA presses and their authors produce and transmit, now and in the future?"

Worth a read.

#openaccess #openaccessweek #KnowledgeCommons

One of the things I love about working on Knowledge Commons is seeing some of the deposits we get to KCWorks, our open access repository.

This essay, "Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?," is one of my favorites of the week. The description is "An essay discussing the nature of definitions, using hotdogs as an illustrative example" and I'll be honest, it was both entertaining and educational.

Check it out.

https://works.hcommons.org/records/7sqf0-q1y18

#openaccessweek #openaccess #hotdog #sandwich #KnowledgeCommons

Part 2 | From Open Access to Open Agency

23 Oct | 16:00–17:00 CEST 👉 https://www.openaire.eu/eventdetail/1516/knowledge-commons-cafe-part-2-from-open-access-to-open-agency

Let’s rethink trust, ownership & openness together.

#OpenScience #AI #KnowledgeCommons

When you hear someone say that "AI is the future of search" as if it is a great thing, and a foregone conclusion, what they are actually saying is that the doors to any individual blog or website or resources are closing. The digital waypaths to finding sourced content directly are being shuttered and boarded up. That human search via multiple methods utilising various recommender systems is being removed. In favour of a single gateway to pre delivered materials all owned by private monopoly companies. And we are expected to react as if this is a good thing, the "future".

#ai #ChatGPT #GenAI #openai #extractivism #academia #archives #internet #KnowledgeEquity #knowledgecommons #search