The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has announced the launch of the ASME Digital Collection (formerly the ASME Digital Library) on SCM6, an online publishing platform from Silverchair Information Systems. It is expected that the platform will provide expanded accessibility and discoverability for ASME's e-books, journals and conference proceedings by leveraging the latest in semantic technology and a host of other features and functionality.
The Silverchair SCM6 platform is said to feature a wide range of applications and capabilities which includes new taxonomy, full text and taxonomic search capabilities, new topical collections and enhanced content display and tools. The other features include improved usability, information discovery and ease of reading, personalisation capabilities and optimised viewing.
ASME seeks to help the global engineering community develop solutions to real world challenges. Silverchair delivers advanced semantic technologies, publishing platforms, and e-learning solutions to scientific, technical and medical publishers, professional societies and the federal government.
