Celebrating 4 Million Downloads in Digital Commons @ TMC

Authors

• Alice W. Sherwood, Texas Medical Center Library

Abstract

On April 5th, 2005, the first article was deposited in DigitalCommons@TMC. Since then, 44.1k items have been deposited into our institutional repository. On average, DigitalCommons@TMC is viewed on average by 185+ countries, 3200+ institutions, seeing 185k downloads monthly. Audio visual streaming materials have been hosted on DigitalCommons@TMC since 2023, and the system counts more than 1,750+ streams.

This repository reached its 3 million downloads milestone in October 2025, and we are celebrating reaching the milestone of 4 million total downloads in late April 2026. Collection highlights include open access journals, theses and dissertations, library archives and historical materials, and much more.

Recommended Citation

Sherwood, Alice W. (2026) "Celebrating 4 Million Downloads in Digital Commons @ TMC," TMC Library Newsletter (2015-): Vol. 14: Iss. 5, Article 1.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/library_newsletter/vol14/iss5/1