Awareness talk on “ ASME and Its Uses”

Central Library of Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal in association with VTU E-Consortium arranged a awareness talk on “ASME and Its Uses” for the benefit of faculty and students.

The resource person for the day was Mr. Girish Kulkarni, Sales and Training Manager- ASME, New Delhi, gave insights about the discovery and access to scientific and technical content published by the ASME and its publishing partners. It was mentioned that the new documents are added to ASME each month. ASME offering thousands of titles including some of the profession’s most prestigious journals, conference proceedings, and ASME Press books. ASME sponsors more than 30 conferences per year and publishes approximately 100 proceedings volumes annually. Conference topics encompass the entire spectrum of subject areas of interest to Mechanical engineers and associated disciplines. New features incorporated in the ASME which is designed for quick triangulation and discovery, the new features in the ASME digital library help to find content. Easy-to-use discovery and search tools, remote access functionality, and other useful features have been incorporated into this powerful interface. Access to full-text documents in ASME that can be obtained from a broad range of institutional subscription options, Exclusive subscriptions available to ASME members and ASME society members.

Earlier, Mr. Sooraj Shet, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering welcomed the gathering, Mr. Mahesh Acharya, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering introduced the guest to the audience. Mr. Nagaraja Rao, Coordinator for Library Committee, Ms. Usha Kulal, Librarian and Library staff members were present during the occasion. A total of 186 members including faculty and students were present and get benefited from the programme.