PCOM Library Celebrates Major Online Download Milestone
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Library Celebrates Milestone


October 22, 2015

The PCOM Library celebrated a major milestone this fall, as it celebrated five years and more than 500,000 downloads of theses, dissertations, faculty articles, posters, notes on PCOM history and more through the DigitalCommons@PCOM.

library partyThe PCOM Library recently celebrated five years and more than 500,000 downloads of scholarly materials through the DigitalCommons@PCOM.
 

In a celebration during Open Access Week—an international effort that promotes ways to increase access to research work and publications— Stephanie Ferretti, chief library services officer, said that the open access model adopted by DigitalCommons fosters collaboration, as researchers can obtain documents with relative ease to build on existing projects.

DigitalCommons by the numbers:

Among the intellectual work that has been deposited, there are

  • Nearly100 biomedical studies theses.
  • Over 200 evidence-based medicine reviews from physician assistant studies.
  • Almost 350 Psychology dissertations.

Downloads by the numbers:

  • 367,762+ psychology downloads—more than 100,000 in the past year
  • 65,000+ physician assistant studies downloads
  • 500,881+ full-text downloads
 

About Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

For the past 125 years, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) has trained thousands of highly competent, caring physicians, health practitioners and behavioral scientists who practice a “whole person” approach to care—treating people, not just symptoms. PCOM, a private, not-for-profit accredited institution of higher education, operates three campuses (PCOM, PCOM Georgia and PCOM South Georgia) and offers doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, educational psychology, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, and school psychology. The college also offers graduate degrees in applied behavior analysis, applied positive psychology, biomedical sciences, forensic medicine, medical laboratory science, mental health counseling, physician assistant studies, and school psychology. PCOM students learn the importance of health promotion, research, education and service to the community. Through its community-based Healthcare Centers, PCOM provides care to medically underserved populations. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 215-871-6100.

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