ASTM Standards & Engineering Digital Library (SEDL)

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ASTM 2011-12 License redacted

2015 to 2018 ASTM Addendum Redacted

ILL

Summary: yes

Relevant License Text:

3.11 Interlibrary Loan

Members shall be permitted to supply to a library of a non-Member (whether by post, fax or secure transmission, using Ariel or its equivalent, whereby the electronic file is deleted immediately after printing), for the purposes of research or private study and not for Commercial Use, a single copy of an electronic original of an individual document being part of the Licensed Materials.

Ereserves

Summary: yes

Relevant License Text:

3.6 Course Packs/Electronic Reserve

Members and Authorized Users may incorporate a reasonable portion of the Licensed Material in printed Course Packs and Electronic Reserve collections for the use of Authorized Users in the course of instruction at a Member, but not for Commercial Use. Each such item shall carry appropriate acknowledgement of the source, listing title and author of the extract, title and author of the work, and the publisher. Course packs in non-electronic non-print perceptible form, such as audio or Braille, may also be offered to Authorized Users who, in the reasonable opinion of the Member, have physical or learning disabilities.

Archival Access

Summary: yes

Relevant License Text:

2.2 Perpetual Access

Except for termination for cause (see Section 10.4), Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual license to use the Licensed Materials that were accessible during the term of this Agreement. Such use shall be in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, which provisions shall survive any termination of this Agreement. The means by which Licensee shall have access to such Licensed Materials shall be in a manner and form substantially equivalent to the means by which access was provided under this Agreement. For the purposed of clarity, inclusion of "Appendix 1 Local Archiving and Hosting of Licensed Materials" in the License Agreement shall constitute prior agreement to enforce all of the provisions of Section 2.2.

Notes:

ASTM is a Consortia Canada license negotiated on behalf of member libraries by the Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec (CREPUQ).

License Begins:

September 15, 2019

License Ends:

September 14, 2020

Vendor:

American Society for Testing and Materials

Description:

ASTM Standards & Engineering Digital Library is a vast collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering publications. The Library covers a broad range of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering.

There were previously 4 options. These have been condensed down to two options by removing the BASIC option:

ASTM Standards-only PLUS - includes both current/active versions of standards as well as historical and redlined versions of standards
ASTM Complete SEDL (Standards and Engineering Digital Library) PLUS - includes both current/active versions of standards as well as historical and redlined versions of standards, manuals/monographs, STPs, Data Series and 9 journals (Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems (SSMS) was added in 2017)

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Content Producer:

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Simultaneous Users:

Unlimited

Chron coverage:

as early as 1932

Usage Stats:

Usage statistics are available upon request from the ASTM Support Desk. 2018 USER GUIDE

ASTM supplied use - July 2017 to July 2018

Participating institutions:

Content Types:

FullText, Ejournals, Ebooks

Title Lists:

ASTM Standards: View all 12,000+ standards, search by keyword or designation.

ASTM journals: View the complete backlist of ASTM Journals which have been digitized back to the first issue of each journal. July 2018 Title list (journals and ebooks)

ASTM Symposia Papers and STPs: This essential engineering collection contains over 29,000 papers -- all of them peer reviewed. All symposia papers are published in book format (known as STPs or Selected Technical Papers).

Manuals, Monographs and Data Series. Get practical, hands-on application information (Manuals) or advanced and highly technical information (Monographs) from highly-regarded experts in their respective fields. The ASTM Data Series cover specific applications, contain compiled data, and usually include explanatory text.

There is no static TOC of standards, as each week about 300 standards are revised/re-approved/withdrawn or newly developed. Go to www.astm.org, click on “Standards Products” and on the bottom browse by A, B, C, etc….. to get all 13,000

Multi-Year Contract:

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Counter-Compliant:

Yes

Multi-Consortial Note:

Consortia Canada license, BCI lead

Notes on Subscribers:

See the invoicing spreadsheet for entitlement details.

17-18 - NAIT joins

18-19 UVic joins mid-term. All schools have Complete except Victoria with only standards.

Note for Memorial University and University of Alberta: both of these institutions have had access via both the ASTM and the IHS platform since 2012 - this access will continue, at no additional cost.