Digital Commons modules release new features and enhancements on a regular basis. Watch this page for product update highlights in 2025. Please feel free to contact Consulting Services with any questions.

New Accessibility Hub

Launched in July: A new Accessibility Hub in our help center. We added the Accessibility Hub to condense information and resources for the Digital Commons community. The hub will serve to streamline future communications about accessibility updates and additional remediations included on our roadmap. 

Digital Commons Institutional Repository

August 2025

SAML service provider (SP) metadata now provided via URL and Okta support added. Streamlined external authentication setup with SAML and expanded SAML identity provider options.

May 2025

OpenAthens support added for SAML. More identity provider options when setting up SAML external authentication.

April 2025

New Disciplines added: Forensic Biology; Forensic Chemistry; and Global Studies. See Disciplines: Digital Commons Three-Tiered Taxonomy of Academic Disciplines for current list.

February 2025

SAML support. External authentication support expanded to include SAML with Entra ID.

January 2025

Security improvements. Upgrades to expand prevention against common vulnerabilities.

Digital Commons Journals

August 2025

Modern Journal custom pages and readership maps. New editor interface for creating information pages and the option to display a readership map on the journal homepage.

January 2025

Modern Journal Designs MVP Launch. See Modern Journal Designs Overview for more about the new interface available for Digital Commons journals.