This article outlines the practices of digital scholarly communication (moving research
production and dissemination online), critical making (producing theoretical insights
by transforming digitized heritage materials), and social knowledge creation
(collaborating in online environments to produce shared knowledge products). In
addition to exploring these practices and their principles, this article argues for a
combination of these activities in order to engender knowledge production chains that
connect multiple institutions and communities. Highlighting the relevance of critical
making theory for scholarly communication practice, this article provides examples of
theoretical research that offer tangible products for expanding and enriching scholarly
production.