TorrossaThe Casalini Libri Full Text Platform

Featuring ebook and ejournal content from Romance language countries

http://www.torrossa.it

Moscow International Book Fair7-12 september 2011

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

• Introduction• Content• Access• Searching and Browsing• Platform and Content

Navigation• User Workspace• Statistics

Torrossa Platform

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Introduction

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Content

Agreements with CLOCKSS and

Portico to promote their

digital preservation solutions to

publishers in Italy and Spain

Currently including 481 ejournals

9.500 monographs and

proceedings for a total of over 190.000

articles and parts of works and

growing

Over 130 publishers contributing

content to the Torrossa platform

New content added monthly

with an expected increase of 2000

new ebooks and 30 new ejournals

annually

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

ContentGrowth and development of the Casalini platform

Publishers

Articles and Chapters

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

ContentGrowth and development of the Casalini platformEbooks, Ejournals and Issues

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

ContentEbooks (monographs and conference proceedings)

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

ContentEjournals

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

ContentCollections offered to Institutions

Editoria Italiana Online: now comprising 6700 ebooks and 196 ejournals by over 90 Italian academic publishers in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Edición Española Online: a new collection of 500 ebooks by a selection of Spanish publishers with a primary focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences

École Française de Rome: a collection of ebooks and ejournals by this publisher specialized in Classical Studies

Fabrizio Serra Editore: a collection of ejournals and subject-based subsets by Italy’s largest academic journal publisher

Franco Angeli Riviste Online: a collection of 88 ejournals by this publisher specialized in the Social Sciences

Biblioteca Italiana Zanichelli: a fundamental collection of Italian literary classics

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

AccessHomepage

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Access

Flexibility of new platform supports

IP address recognition

Subscription access code

User ID and password

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Searching and Browsing

“Google-like” Quick Search

Keyword cloud (subjects)

Browse by LC or Dewey Class

Browse Author/Title Indices

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Searching and Browsing

Google-like Quick Search

Keyword cloud

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Searching and BrowsingQuick search

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Searching and Browsing

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Searching and BrowsingAdvanced Search

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Searching and BrowsingPublisher List

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Searching and BrowsingPublisher List

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Platform and Content Navigation New Features

• Fuzzy logic: ‘Sounds like’ applied in Quick Search

• Relevance: results with keywords in metadata (title, etc.) shown before results with keyword in full text

• Facets to refine search

• Keyword in context

• “More like this”

• Hierarchical stucture (tree) of documents

• Contextual menu for additional searching in other resources

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Fuzzy logic applied to Quick Search

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Relevance: results with keywords in metadata (title, etc.) shown before results with keyword in full text

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Facets and "breadcrumbs" to refine search

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Keyword in context

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

“More like this”

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Hierarchical stucture (tree) of documents

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Contextual menu

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Web 2.0 features

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Tagging and User Workspace

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Functional Customizationavailable to Institutions

• Customize “skin” of the platform with Institution brand• Show users only subscribed content or also show

metadata of additional collections/content (recommend for purchase)

• Set up account to allow authorized users the option to purchase additional content outside subscribed collection

• Show links to allow users to purchase content not subscribed personally

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Graphic Customizationavailable for Institutions - “skin”

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011

Private/Account purchase of content not subscribed

Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform - First Release - June 2011