Building the Commons: How Knowledge Commons is navigating challenges through community and collaboration

"In an era of budget cuts, institutional insularity, and an often extractive technology infrastructure landscape, Knowledge Commons is charting a different path. Through thoughtful coalition-building, values-driven decision-making, and a deeply humanistic approach totechnologygovernance, the team is creating a sustainable, community-governed platform that advances the missions of institutions and scholars.We sat down with Kathleen Fitzpatrick to discuss how Knowledge Commons has evolved since its move from the Modern Language Association to Michigan State University, how the platform is becoming mission-critical infrastructure for its host institution, and why getting institutions to think beyond "vendor mode" remains one of the field's most pressing challenges."