Academic institutions depend more and more on electronic resources based on the advantages of electronic resources and application of information technology which has brought several services to the users. Consequently, the academic community has been enjoying the variety of services influenced by technology driven applications. The present engineering college libraries are subscribing different packages as per the AICTE as the management coming forward to subscribe the electronic resources for their libraries. The present paper content deals with usage reports of the e-resources journal of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) monthly for last three years in GMRIT

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International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET)
Volume 10, Issue 01, January 2019, pp. 594-599, Article ID: IJMET_10_01_060
Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/ijmet/issues.asp?JType=IJMET&VType=10&IType=1
ISSN Print: 0976-6340 and ISSN Online: 0976-6359
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SCOPE AND IMPORTANCE OF ASME
JOURNALS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
RESEARCH – A SURVEY THROUGH GMRIT
LIBRARY RESOURCES
Dr.T.Venkata Rao
Librarian, GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam-532127
ABSTRACT
Academic institutions depend more and more on electronic resources based on the
advantages of electronic resources and application of information technology which
has brought several services to the users. Consequently, the academic community has
been enjoying the variety of services influenced by technology driven applications. The
present engineering college libraries are subscribing different packages as per the
AICTE as the management coming forward to subscribe the electronic resources for
their libraries. The present paper content deals with usage reports of the e-resources
journal of the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) monthly for last three
years in GMRIT
Keywords: Electronic resources, Digital library, ASME, Journal usage report
Cite this Article: Dr.T.Venkata Rao, Scope And Importance Of Asme Journals In
Mechanical Engineering Research – A Survey Through Gmrit Library Resources,
International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, 10(01), 2019, pp.
594-599.
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1. INTRODUCTION
In process of teaching and learning, particularly the Engineering education is wide open for
significant changes. Most of the information sources in electronic form and digital form are
gaining importance as these could be accessed from anywhere and at any time. Electronic
journals also known as e-journals, and electronic serials, are scholarly journals that can be
accessed using computer and communication technology. It means that they are usually
published on the web. They are a specialized form of electronic document they provide material
for Higher Education academic and research and study, and they are formatted approximately
like journal articles in traditional printed journals. Journals can be categorized as online only
journals, online versions of printed journals, online equivalent of a printed journal and
equivalent of a printed journal. Many universities subscribe in bulk to packages of e-journals
to provide access to them to their students and faculty. Now, many journals are available as

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online open access journals. These journals require no subscription and offer free full-text
articles to all.
1.1. Definition
According to AACR-2 2005, an electronic resource is: “Material (data/and/or program(s))
encoded for manipulation by a computerized device. This material may require the use of a
peripheral directly connected to a computerized device (e.g., CD-ROM device) or a connection
to a computer network (e.g., the Internet).” This definition does not include electronic resources
that do not require the use of a computer, for example, music compact discs and video discs.
There is an innovative way to involve students in this process. The student library committee
constituted for this purpose would evaluate databases on trial. The students would meet in a
library computer lab, use the resource and submit comments via an online evaluation form. This
input was considered in the decision-making process of collection development.
1.2. Development Criteria
It is necessary to develop specific criteria for adding and cancelling e-resources in libraries. For
example, use overlap analysis tool and develop a cut-off. To validate decisions, statistics are to
be greatly considered. In present financial scenario, libraries make tough cancellation
judgments. Having the data to back-up is crucial for final decision. Do a thorough analysis of
what a library is currently subscribing to and what subject areas are covered. Most likely you
will find areas of overlap.
The AICTE strongly recommended the engineering colleges to subscribe the electronic
journals through INDEST-Consortium for their Libraries. This consortium is managed by
AICTE and IIT (Delhi). They are providing different packages of E- Journals for Engineering
Colleges Libraries. In fact, individual E- packages are available at very high Prices. The
Management of Engineering Colleges is not able to spend amount on the Individual E- journals
subscriptions.
2. GMRIT DIGITAL LIBRARY
A digital library is a library in which collections are stored in digital formats (as opposed to
print, microform, or other media) and accessible by computers. The content may be stored
locally or accessed remotely. Rapid advances in information technologies have revolutionized
the role of libraries. As a result, libraries face new challenges, competitors, demands, and
expectations. Libraries are redesigning services and information products to add value to their
services and to satisfy the changing information needs of the user community. Digital libraries
are the digital face of traditional libraries that include both digital collections and traditional,
fixed media collections. So, they encompass both electronic and paper materials. It will include
all the processes and services that are the backbone and nervous system of libraries. However,
such traditional processes, though forming the basis digital library work, will have to be revised
and enhanced to accommodate the differences between new digital media and traditional fixed
media.
GMRIT has set high standards for itself and offers an idyllic and conducive environment
for higher studies. It is affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada. The
institute became Autonomous in 2012-13. The student community at GMRIT is offered a broad
spectrum of technical courses in tune with industry requirements. The Institute has been
providing a technology enabled teaching-learning environment (Wi-Fi) since 2005. All courses
offered on-campus are available on Local Area Network (LAN) supplementing the classroom
teaching. GMRIT emphasizes collaborative learning between industry and academia as a means

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of reinforcing its curriculum with practical experience relevant to industry needs. The Institute
constantly strives for improvement, competing with the premier institutions of national
importance. LAN based course path: http://172.30.1.222/vbc/ and Web OPAC path:
http://172.30.1.28:8380/opac/
Figure 1 Facilities in Digital Library
3. ASME JOURNAL USAGE REPORT
3.1 ASME
Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is the premier
professional membership organization for more than 130,000 mechanical engineers and
associated members worldwide. ASME also conducts one of the largest technical publishing
operations in the world, offering thousands of titles including some of the profession's most
prestigious journals, conference proceedings, and ASME Press books.
The ASME Digital Collection is ASME’s repository of current and archival literature featuring:
ASME's Transaction Journals from 1960 to the present.
ASME's Conference Proceedings from 2002 to the present.
ASME Press eBooks selected from 1984 to the present.
3.2. Benefits and Services include
• Access full text HTML and PDF articles, from every recognized device, 24 hours a day
• Mobile-optimized content
• The latest articles published on-line up to two months ahead of print publication
• Get the latest news and research immediately by signing-up to Table of Contents e-
alerts, delivered to your inbox
• Valuable services that enable users to download key information, organize references,
save images and tables in the user accounts
• Article references link to the full abstracting services including: Goldfire, Crossref,
SCOPUS, Ebsco A-Z
• One administration account
• Accessible for all institution types in every geological region

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• COUNTER-compliant usage reports
• Post-cancellation rights
• Accessible customer services
• Tools to promote subscriptions within your institution are available. For more
information, please email asmedigitalcollection@asme.org
• Technology integrating your institution name on to every content page informing users
that full text access is a provided service from your institution, based on the information
provided in your administration account.
4. LIST OF ASME JOURNALS
5. ASME JOURNAL USAGE REPORT FOR LAST FIVE YEARS
ASME (American Society for Mechanical engineers) Journals package 26 journals + Back file
to 2000: This package covers 32 mechanical engineering journals. It supports back volumes
from 2000 onwards. It is a multi-user package.
Table 1 Usage of the e-resources of Knowledge Resource Centre GMRIT, RAJAM
YEAR Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2013 6 64 22 315 253 53 56 7 4 0 30 17
2014 41 30 15 13 25 14 36 16 3 20 157 73
2015 114 21 50 29 9 19 83 640 74 22 89 364
2016 93 20 8 11 30 142 552 208 412 98 84 11
2017 211 204 146 32 113 16 77 13 35 42 41 45

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The usage of ASME journals on an average for every year is represented here:
6. CONCLUSION
User response towards the survey indicates that there is so much of awareness about the
utilization of e-resources in the institute. User friendly approach towards the information needs
of the users helped in improving the services in the digital library. The ASME (American
Society for Mechanical engineers) package utilized by Mechanical staff, students and research
scholars can access e-resources from the digital library itself. There is a need for an information
literacy program to increase the usage of the e-resources packages. College Academic
committee suggested the library to use social media also as an academic resource to the users.
This library is in planning of taking the advantage of Social media to our users. User orientation
towards usage of e-resources helped in bringing the awareness among the users to maximum
utilization of e-resources procured for the purpose of academic excellence.
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