Portico, a digital preservation service for the scholarly community (www.portico.org), is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with ASME to preserve its online collection of 23 titles. Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME promotes the art, science, and practice of mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe.
Through this agreement with Portico, ASME ensures that the online version of these journals will be preserved and available for future scholars, researchers and students. ASME has named Portico as a mechanism to fill post-cancellation access claims and has also agreed to make an annual financial contribution to Portico.
With the inclusion of ASME’s journals, over 7,900 e-journals and 4,400 e-books have now been entrusted to the Portico archive. The complete list of e-journals is available at /digital-preservation/who-participates-in-portico/participating-titles/ and a list of participating publishers is available at /digital-preservation/who-participates-in-portico/participating-publishers/.