With apologies for cross-posting: June 2017 The bepress community has just hit an exciting milestone: open access scholarship available in the Digital Commons Network <http://network.bepress.com/> has been downloaded over half a billion times. More than 500 institutions <https://www.bepress.com/products/digital-commons/why-digital-commons/customers/> from around the world take credit for this achievement, from research universities and liberal arts colleges to health care networks, law schools, and research institutes. See the full press release <https://www.bepress.com/news/scholarship-bepress-community-surpasses-half-billion-downloads/>. Best, Casey -- Casey Busher Director of Communications bepress 510-665-1200 x182 http://www.bepress.com