Company Profile
The Casalini Libri Digital Division, established in January 2000 following an international pilot project, offers innovative electronic publishing and distribution services to the highest industry standards. With tailored Adobe DRM tools, publishers and users alike are guaranteed a secure environment and maximum fruition of content. Having opened the first Casalini Digital Library with the full text content of 6 Italian publishers, the 2011 launch of the Torrossa platform features the content of over 110 academic publishers from Italy and Spain with participants joining continuously. In keeping with Casalini's role as the primary source for libraries collecting publications from Romance language countries, Torrossa.it aims to be the point of reference for scholarly full text content from Italy, Spain, France and Portugal, offering visibility to publishers and discoverability to researchers. Torrossa already offers more e-book and e-journal content from Italy than any other source. Collections offered on the Torrossa platform via institutional subscription include Editoria Italiana Online (EIO), Franco Angeli Online (FAO), Biblioteca Italiana Zanichelli (BIZ), the EIO-Fabrizio Serra Editore e-journal collection, the EIO-École Française de Rome collection.
Casalini libri is a leading supplier of European books, journals, digital content and bibliographical data to libraries and agencies throughout the world. Specializing in the supply of publications from Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and beyond, we offer a complete range of Collection Development and Technical services including an online selection and ordering interface, new title alerts, book approval plans, cataloguing and shelf-ready processing and our own full text platform, Torrossa, featuring e-book and e-journal content from over 100 publishers. Since 1958 we have been providing academic institutions and national, university and public libraries throughout the world with rapid, precise supply and quality, customized services.
Casalini Libri was founded at the end of the 1950s by Mario Casalini, then CEO of an important academic publishing house (La Nuova Italia) and Vice President of the Italian Publishers Association. Since its outset Casalini Libri has worked closely with libraries to develop customized supply and library services that suit the individual needs of our customers around the world. Our main offices are located in the Villa Torrossa in the hilltown of Fiesole which overlooks Florence, and we have a modern facility nearby which houses our logistic operations of original cataloguing, physical processing and consolidated shipment of materials. Today Casalini Libri is directed by its founder's eldest daughter, Barbara, and son, Michele, who are assisted by a full-time staff of 90 qualified professionals.
Contact us For technical assistance please contact digital@casalini.it
For more information on the electronic resources available from Casalini libri please contact info@casalini.it
Corporate Headquarters and Postal Address for Correspondence
Casalini Libri s.p.a.
Via Benedetto da Maiano, 3
50014 Fiesole (FI) - Italy
Tel. ++39 055 50181 - Fax ++39 055 5018201
Shipping and Receiving Office
Casalini Libri s.p.a.
Via Faentina 169/15
50010 - Caldine (FI) - Italy Links Library Services Casalini Libri is a leading supplier of European books, journals, digital content and bibliographical data to libraries and agencies throughout the world. Specializing in the supply of publications from Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and beyond, we offer a complete range of Collection Development and Technical services including an online selection and ordering interface, new title alerts, book approval plans, cataloguing records, table of contents data and shelf-ready processing and our own full text platform featuring e-book and e-journal content from over 130 publishers. Since 1958 we have been providing academic institutions and national, university and public libraries throughout the world with rapid, precise supply and quality, customized services.
Consolidated Supply of European Publications - www.casalini.it
Collection Development Services
Assisting libraries in the development of their collections has always been central to our objectives. Casalini's in-house bibliographers select new titles from Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Greece that are relevant to academic libraries and create bibliographic records to offer in our New title altert service, available to librarians free of charge according to personal profiles via our online databases or weekly and monthly e-mail updates.
Our book Approval Plan services give libraries the assurance that professional bibliographers will make selections with book in hand to meet their precise subject, non-subject and budget requirements.
Acquisitions, Cataloguing & Technical Services
Casalini offers a broad spectrum of services that Libraries may implement to facilitate their acquisitions and accessions workflows:
Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform
In keeping with its role as the primary source for libraries collecting scholarly publications from Romance language countries, Casalini Libri has created and maintains its own full text platform, Torrossa, which offers libraries an ever-growing array of scholarly content from a multitude of publishers from Italy, Spain and beyond. The Torrossa platform provides users with a powerful search engine, nimble navigation tools and features such as user workspace and customization options for Institutions. The full text resources currently offered on Torrossa are: Editoria Italiana Online (EIO), Edición Española Online (EEO), Fabrizio Serra Editore e-journal collections, Franco Angeli e-journal collections, Ecole Française de Rome, BIZ - Biblioteca italiana Zanichelli.
Publisher Services Electronic Services
Torrossa and Torrossa Store, http://store.torrossa.it
Casalini libri offers two dedicated venues for the sale of electronic content to academic institutions and trade markets via the Torrossa platform. The Torrossa platform features full text content in pdf format, updated weekly, and now comprises several thousand ebooks and hundreds of ejournals, available at the article and chapter level. Private individuals can browse our complete catalogue via the Torrossa Store (http://store.torrossa.it) and purchase chapters and articles. Research institutions are offered access to collections of content via the Torrossa site (http://www.torrossa.it) on a subscription basis; among the collections currently being offered are: EIO-Editoria Italiana Online, EIO-Monografie, EIO-Periodici, EIO-Italianistica, Franco Angeli Riviste Online, and EEO-Edición Española Online. The content brings together a number of prestigious publishers in the fields of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
DRM
The Digital Rights Management platform implemented by the Casalini Libri Digital Division allows pdf files to be encrypted, permits indivudal usage options to be applied to content and grants access to usage statistics.
Traditional Services
Casalini Crypto
Casalini Crypto is the advanced DRM (Digital Rights Management) system that publishers can activate directly from their own websites.
The service
The Casalini Crypto service adds to the range of Casalini Digital Division's online services for publishers. PDF files protected by the Adobe Policy Server may be requested directly from the publisher's website without the need to visit the Casalini interface.
Characteristics of Casalini Crypto
Why use Casalini Crypto?
Casalini Crypto gives publishers the opportunity to autonomously promote and sell their content with advanced DRM protection, without the need to invest in costly installations. Crypto allows publishers to efficiently diversify their offer of editorial products and exploit new sales channels.
To request access to our dedicated publisher services (http://publishers.casalini.it), please contact us at the following email address: torrossa@casalini.it.
Institutional Subscriptions to Collections Title by title Orders If you wish to purchase e-book and e-journal content on behalf of your library, click here.
If you wish to purchase e-book and e-journal content personally, go to http://store.torrossa.it. Licenses License sample Privacy Notice on processing of personal data
This notice is to inform you, pursuant to Article 13 of Legislative Decree no. 196/2003 that the Digital division, a section of Casalini Libri s.p.a. will proceed to process data in compliance to regulations on the protection of processing of personal data.
1. The data supplied or otherwise acquired within the context of our economic activity will be exclusively processed for the following purposes:
- In the course of performing business activities and for subsequent administrative management;
- to supply information material on recent publications within the scope of the business relationship and also through the use of electronic mail;
- to implement regulatory compliance connected to accounting and tax civil rules as well as fulfilling subsequent obligations imposed by European Union laws, rules and regulations.
2. The processing of the data (by processing, it is intended any operation performed on data from the time of its collection up to its destruction) may be made with or without the help of computer tools.
3. Releasing the data is optional, however, refusing to provide the data may make executing the order, performing business activities, performing commercial relations or fulfilling obligations deriving from a contract that has been concluded with you, impossible. In addition, releasing the data is also necessary for the correct fulfillment of tax and lawful obligations in general.
4. The data will not be communicated to other parties, and it will not be distributed.
5. The holder of the processing is Digital Division - Casalini libri s.p.a., with headquarters in via Benedetto da Maiano 3, 50014 Fiesole (FI).
6. At any time rights may be exercised towards the holder of the processing through written communication (privacy@casalini.it), pursuant to Art. 7 of Legislative Decree 196/2003 which we are reproducing in full.
Art. 7. Right to access personal data and other rights
1. The interested party has the right to obtain confirmation of the existence or non-existence of personal data pertaining to them, even if not yet recorded, and to have it communicated in an intelligible format.
2. The interested party has the right to obtain an indication of:
a) The origin of the personal data;
b) the purposes and methods of processing;
c) the logic applied in the case of processing performed with the aid of electronic tools;
d) the personal details of the owner, the managers or the designated agent pursuant to Article 5, Paragraph 2;
e) parties or categories of parties to which the personal data may be communicated or that may come to know it in their positions as designated agents of the territory of the State, of managers or assigned parties.
3. The interested party has the right to obtain:
a) The updating, correction or, when there is interest, the integration of data;
b) the cancellation, transformation into an anonymous format or the blocking of any data processed in violation of the law, including data that does not need to be saved relative to the purposes for which it was collected or subsequently processed;
c) the certification that the operations according to letters a) and b) have been made known, as it pertains to their content, the parties to whom it was communicated or distributed, except in the case that said fulfillment is impossible or would involve the employment of disproportionate methods compared to the protected right.
4. The interested party has the right to refuse, in full or in part:
a) The processing, for legitimate reasons, of the personal data relative to them, that still pertains to the purpose of the collection;
b) the processing of personal data relative to them for the purpose of sending of advertising or direct sales materials or for completing market research or business communications. Copyright Obligations I contenuti distribuiti restano di esclusiva proprietà degli editori e sottostanno alla vigente normativa sul diritto d'autore.
Per la visualizzazione dei testi e per il loro download, è necessario avere installato il software Adobe® Reader 7.0 o versioni successive.
Tecnologia di protezione diritti (DRM)
La visualizzazione dei contenuti PDF è disponibile tramite il programma Adobe® Reader Adobe® Policy Server è la tecnologia che protegge i documenti attribuendo loro le autorizzazioni stabilite dagli editori sia per quelli visualizzati in consultazione temporanea («Anteprima online») sia per quelli scaricabili.
Informazioni d'uso per utenti che accedono tramite rete dell'istituzione sottoscrittrice del servizio
La sottoscrizione per rete IP prevede che gli utenti collegati alla rete possano navigare in tutte le pagine del sito www.torrossa.it, effettuare ricerche a tutti i livelli e in tutti i campi secondo il contratto in vigore con le istituzioni. Laddove dovessero sussistere accordi che limitano l'accesso al solo contenuto sottoscritto, l'utente puo' collegarsi al sito http://store.torrossa.it da una rete esterna alla propria istituzione per accedere al catalogo completo dei contenuti digitali e consultarlo per eventuali acquisti come utente privato.
Informazioni d'uso per gli utenti privati
Consultazione temporanea del Fulltext
Molti editori offrono l'opzione di consultare una parte o l'intero fulltext prima dell'eventuale acquisto affinché l'utente possa valutare la rilevanza del testo per il proprio ambito di interesse. La consultazione in anteprima permette all'utente di leggere il testo, fare copia/incolla e stampare le pagine. I documenti "a scadenza" sono riconoscibili dall'icona dell'orologio; se l'editore sceglie di mostrare gratuitamente un documento, il fulltext sarà accessibile senza restrizione temporale. La fruizione è disponibile per gli utenti privati che consultano il catalogo da una rete non abbonata ad una collezione di titoli elettronici.
Acquisto
Al momento in cui l'utente conferma l'ordine di acquisto, l'utente puo' effettuare il pagamento tramite il circuito Banca Sella con le seguenti opzioni: carte di credito aderenti ai circuiti Visa, Mastercard e American Express oppure con l'opzione PayPal. Il sistema abbandona momentaneamente la sessione su torrossa.it per collegarsi con il sito di Banca Sella in cui vengono richieste tutte le informazioni relative alla carta di credito e l'indirizzo email dell'utente. Una volta effettuato l'acquisto, Banca Sella invia un email all'utente in cui si riferisce la movimentazione o la cancellazione del credito. E' possibile visualizzare il documento offline, senza una connessione Internet attiva, per un periodo massimo di 30 giorni. Successivamente, per poterne continuare l'utilizzo, sarà necessario aprire il documento quando si è collegati ad Internet.
Copia locale del documento elettronico
All'apertura del documento elettronico acquistato il sistema chiede all'utente di inserire email e password al fine di garantire sicurezza e controllo e di evitare eventuali abusi. E' possibile visualizzare il documento offline, senza una connessione Internet attiva, per un periodo massimo di 30 giorni. Successivamente, per poterne continuare l'utilizzo, sarà necessario aprire il documento quando si è collegati ad Internet.
Diritti digitali
I singoli editori possono assegnare alcune limitazioni l'uso ai loro documenti presenti sulla piattaforma torrossa.it o store.torrossa.it. Queste possono riguardare:
- il numero di volte che può essere stampato il documento;
- la possibilità di effettuare operazioni di copia/incolla del testo.
Ogni risorsa elettronica disponibile per l'acquisto riporta accanto al prezzo le prerogative d'uso disponibili per quel documento.
Partners
Banca Sella è l'istituto di credito a cui Casalini Libri Digital Division si appoggia per effettuare le transazioni. Le operazioni di acquisto avvengono tramite carta di credito o PayPal. Per tali operazioni è garantita la sicurezza dei dati trattati. Documents
In what format are the documents available?
Content is in pdf format. Depending on the settings chosen by the publisher or by those determined by an eventual institutional subscription to a package of content, the pdf files may or may not be protected.In the case of protected files, users must register and place files in their shopping cart in order to download them even if they are available free of charge. In the case of unprotected files, private users need not place files in their shopping cart and users within the IP address range of an institution who subscribes to that content need not even register or log on.
What are the software requirements for reading and downloading documents?
File can be opened and downloaded with Adobe® Reader 7.0 and subsequent versions which is supported by Windows 2000, Windows XP, MacOS X v.10.2.8 and 10.3, and Palm OS 3.0 and subsequent versions.
How can I obtain Adobe® Reader and how much does it cost?
You can download Adobe® Reader completely free of charge from the Adobe site.
What is a «Preview Online»?
The «Preview online» allows private users to view electronic documents that correspond to the printed version. It is a single-use pdf that can be opened to read, print and copy and paste sections of text based on authorizations granted by the publisher.
What is a single-use pdf?
A single-use pdf is a file that cannot be saved but which allows for reading, printing and cutting and pasting of text. Once closed or when a session is automatically refreshed, the single-use pdf is no longer available. This option is valid only for private users.
Do you have EPub on the Torrossa platform?
Along with additional refinements and other features, many documents will be available in EPub format in the second release of Torrossa.it scheduled for June, 2011.
Can I download e-books onto mobile devices?
Currently, documents can be downloaded onto mobile devices that support Adobe software. A Torrossa.it app to purchase and download content to Apple devices will be released shortly.
Access
What is Torrossa.it?
www.torrossa.it is a platform developed by Casalini Libri to host scholarly content by publishers from Romance Language countries. Academic libraries purchase or subscribe to content packages on the Torrossa.it platform to grant their users access to the full text content via the library's network. Depending on settings indicated by the library, individuals may also purchase content from the Torrossa.it platform for their own personal use.
What is TorrossaStore.it?
store.torrossa.it is a platform that offers individuals access to the complete catalogue of full text e-book and e-journal content available from Casalini Libri. The Torrossa Store catalogue may extend beyond the content subscribed by an institution and individuals can purchase downloads here for their own personal use.
If I am a member of a library or institution what am I able to do on the site?
Members of libraries or institutions subscribing to the Torrossa.it platform may freely navigate the site, carry out searches at all levels, access the full text documents purchased or subscribed by the library, and download all available documents, where this option is included in the subscription licence. PDF files are available for all content on the Torrossa platform for purchase and download by private users, upon log in or registration.
If I am a member of a library or institution can I purchase or download an article which interests me?
Users of recognised networks (libraries or institutions) can navigate the site free of charge and access the full text of ebook and ejournal documents purchased or subscribed by the library. If you wish to acquire an article for your own personal use, you may do so, even if you are not at your own personal computer, by registering and logging on as an individual user.
Registering
Do I have to register?
Registration is obligatory if you are a private user or if you are using a computer on a recognised network but you wish to purchase an Ebook for your own personal use. Registration is free of charge. Your personal data is protected according to article L. 196/03 and all subsequent modifications.
What data must I provide when I register?
You are obliged to complete the fields shown in bold. You email address is required. It not only serves as your identification code but is necessary for the exchange of data between the user and Casalini Libri Digital Divison. Indeed, by receiving data purchased as a file via email, you are able to view the purchased material at a time most convenient to you.
Acquisitions
How can I purchase an article?
You can purchase files with credit card payment. All purchases are processed through the website of Banca Sella, guaranteeing the protection of your personal data. You can carry out single purchases or set up a deposit account can then be toppped up on successive occasions. You account can be topped up with the following amounts: 50.00 Euro, 100.00 Euro, 150.00 Euro and 200 Euro. Presently, payments may be made with Visa, Mastercard and American Express credit cards.
What if I don't have a credit card?
We regret that no other forms of payment can be accepted.
How can I download a file if I am not using my own PC?
When downloading or purchasing a protected pdf file, the system will send users a message via e-mail containing a link to the document they are acquiring which can be used at the users convenience. The link given in the e-mail message remains available for 30 days, after which downloading will no longer be allowed.
Is it possible to cancel an order after payment has been made?
The cancellation of an order, and relative refund of the amount paid, will be permitted only in the following instances:
Problems in accessing the document
What happens if I don't open the document within 30 days of my purchase?
If you have not already opened the document, the link will disactivate after 30 days and you must contact us to recover the purchased document.
Why can't I open the copy that I saved?
Most likely you are trying to open the copy after more than 30 days from the last time you opened the document with an active internet connection. In that case, first connect to the internet and then open the PDF document.
I am a Mac user; how can I view the PDF Document?
To view the purchased document from a Mac computer, you must first open Adobe Reader and then the PDF document, otherwise your Mac computer will open the document with Apple Preview and you will not obtain a correct view according to the Adobe format.
Viewing PDF documents with Google Chrome
When viewing Torrossa content in Google Chrome, it is necessary to deactivate the browser's own PDF reader as this is not fully compatible with all Adobe Reader tools and may hinder the correct visualization of the PDF document. In order to open documents in the correct format, type chrome://plugins/ in the browser's address bar; select the entry Chrome PDF Viewer from the plugins listed and click on the "Deactivate" option.
Helpdesk
Torrossa offers three different search options: a basic, or "google-like", search covering one field only; a quick search using three fields available on the homepage; and an advanced search.
Search mechanisms
Searches may be made for keywords or phrases.
Where more than one term is entered without inverted commas, the system will search both terms using the OR operator; each term will have the same relevance.
Where inverted commas are used, the systm will search the two terms as a phrase.
To search for an exact phrase (eg. "rinascimento italiano"), inverted commas must be used.
A proximity algorithm is applied to searches for multiple terms (eg. Divina Commedia), allowing the search to be carried out also against documents which contain the terms in a different order (eg. Commedia Divina).
Basic or "google-like" search
The basic search field, positioned directly below the Torrossa logo, is accessible from all pages of the site.
The default is set at "All" fields; searches made using this default will cover bibliographical data and full text.
The drop-down menu allows the search to be limited to metadata or full text only. The algorithm used by the Torrossa search engine will show results according to the following order of relevance:
In this way, if the term appears in the title of document A and within the full text of document B, the result for A will be shown above that of B.
We advise using the "Full text" search field should you wish to prioritise the occurences of the keyword within the full text.
Quick Search
The quick search is included on the Torrossa homepage to offer users immediate access to the three principal search fields:
Advanced Search
The advanced search option allows for searches to be made across seven fields, which may be selected using the drop-down menus.
The default Booleian operator is set as AND; users may select to use the operators OR, AND NOT, OR NOT.
By clicking the + key on the search page, users may view a second group of search criteria and combine the first search group with a second search group in order to refine searches.
Search fields may be cancelled by clicking on the x if not needed; the change will be saved for the duration of the search session.
Users may set filters to refine their searches, selecting parameters from language of publication, type of document and subject area.
The order of search results may be changed from the default "by title" to "by author" or "by relevance".
Search Results
Search results show the type of document available (e-book, periodical issue, part of work or article) and allows users to view the keyword in context for searches made within the full text or all fields. To view the context, open the window "show keyword in context" beside the document entry.
The record is enriched with details such as cover pages, abstracts, indices and colophons, which aim to aid users in the selection of those documents to consult or purchase.
Search Results > Facets
On the right hand side of each search results page, the results are shown in terms of facets. Using these facets, users may view documents grouped according to the following characteristics: type of document, language of publication, year of publication, author or subject area.
Search Results > Breadcrumb navigation
Each search results page shows above the results the steps taken by users to arrive at each particular set of results. The first entry, "Your search", shows the search term (eg. Calvino), and is followed by additional filters added using the facets. Each single step may be cancelled; the page will re-generate new results based on the updated search filters.
Browser compatibility Best viewed with Firefox 3.5 or higher.
Minimum Browser Requirements:
Please note that at present this site is not fully compatible with Internet Explorer 9; the entire range of site functionalities will be available through this browser in the near future. For optimal navigation, we recommend the use of Mozilla Firefox.
If you encounter errors in viewing or navigating the site, please contact webteam@casalini.it. Tutorials (PDF) Tutorial
Casalini libri is a leading supplier of European books, journals, digital content and bibliographical data to libraries and agencies throughout the world. Specializing in the supply of publications from Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and beyond, we offer a complete range of Collection Development and Technical services including an online selection and ordering interface, new title alerts, book approval plans, cataloguing and shelf-ready processing and our own full text platform, Torrossa, featuring e-book and e-journal content from over 100 publishers. Since 1958 we have been providing academic institutions and national, university and public libraries throughout the world with rapid, precise supply and quality, customized services.
Casalini Libri was founded at the end of the 1950s by Mario Casalini, then CEO of an important academic publishing house (La Nuova Italia) and Vice President of the Italian Publishers Association. Since its outset Casalini Libri has worked closely with libraries to develop customized supply and library services that suit the individual needs of our customers around the world. Our main offices are located in the Villa Torrossa in the hilltown of Fiesole which overlooks Florence, and we have a modern facility nearby which houses our logistic operations of original cataloguing, physical processing and consolidated shipment of materials. Today Casalini Libri is directed by its founder's eldest daughter, Barbara, and son, Michele, who are assisted by a full-time staff of 90 qualified professionals.
Contact us For technical assistance please contact digital@casalini.it
For more information on the electronic resources available from Casalini libri please contact info@casalini.it
Corporate Headquarters and Postal Address for Correspondence
Casalini Libri s.p.a.
Via Benedetto da Maiano, 3
50014 Fiesole (FI) - Italy
Tel. ++39 055 50181 - Fax ++39 055 5018201
Shipping and Receiving Office
Casalini Libri s.p.a.
Via Faentina 169/15
50010 - Caldine (FI) - Italy Links Library Services Casalini Libri is a leading supplier of European books, journals, digital content and bibliographical data to libraries and agencies throughout the world. Specializing in the supply of publications from Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and beyond, we offer a complete range of Collection Development and Technical services including an online selection and ordering interface, new title alerts, book approval plans, cataloguing records, table of contents data and shelf-ready processing and our own full text platform featuring e-book and e-journal content from over 130 publishers. Since 1958 we have been providing academic institutions and national, university and public libraries throughout the world with rapid, precise supply and quality, customized services.
Consolidated Supply of European Publications - www.casalini.it
- Firm orders for titles in all formats and all subject areas
- Standing orders for monographic series, serials and annuals
- Subscriptions for online and print journals
Collection Development Services
Assisting libraries in the development of their collections has always been central to our objectives. Casalini's in-house bibliographers select new titles from Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Greece that are relevant to academic libraries and create bibliographic records to offer in our New title altert service, available to librarians free of charge according to personal profiles via our online databases or weekly and monthly e-mail updates.
Our book Approval Plan services give libraries the assurance that professional bibliographers will make selections with book in hand to meet their precise subject, non-subject and budget requirements.
Acquisitions, Cataloguing & Technical Services
Casalini offers a broad spectrum of services that Libraries may implement to facilitate their acquisitions and accessions workflows:
- Online interface for title searching, selection, ordering and order status
- MARC records with local order and invoice data
- Bibliographic Standard Records (original LC Core Level Cataloguing following AACR2)
- Physical processing (barcodes, security strips, library stamps, shelf labels, binding and customized shelf-ready supply)
- Table of Contents links and ToC in pdf format
- EDIFACT capabilities for orders and invoices
Torrossa: The Casalini Libri Full Text Platform
In keeping with its role as the primary source for libraries collecting scholarly publications from Romance language countries, Casalini Libri has created and maintains its own full text platform, Torrossa, which offers libraries an ever-growing array of scholarly content from a multitude of publishers from Italy, Spain and beyond. The Torrossa platform provides users with a powerful search engine, nimble navigation tools and features such as user workspace and customization options for Institutions. The full text resources currently offered on Torrossa are: Editoria Italiana Online (EIO), Edición Española Online (EEO), Fabrizio Serra Editore e-journal collections, Franco Angeli e-journal collections, Ecole Française de Rome, BIZ - Biblioteca italiana Zanichelli.
Publisher Services Electronic Services
- Management of online content at all levels
- Management of metadata and dissemination of Tables of Contents, Cover images and Abstracts.
- Attribution of DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for all articles and parts of works.
- Indexing in all of the major search engines.
- Ebook and Ejournal publishing with protected access.
- Digitazation of print volumes and back issues.
- Course-pack production.
- Usage statistics
- Digital repository: management of complete publisher archives in full text with access via password or IP recognition.
- Ebook sales: distribution in PDF format via Casalini App Casalini for Apple iPad and iPhone
- Longterm archiving with CLOCKSS and Portico
Torrossa and Torrossa Store, http://store.torrossa.it
Casalini libri offers two dedicated venues for the sale of electronic content to academic institutions and trade markets via the Torrossa platform. The Torrossa platform features full text content in pdf format, updated weekly, and now comprises several thousand ebooks and hundreds of ejournals, available at the article and chapter level. Private individuals can browse our complete catalogue via the Torrossa Store (http://store.torrossa.it) and purchase chapters and articles. Research institutions are offered access to collections of content via the Torrossa site (http://www.torrossa.it) on a subscription basis; among the collections currently being offered are: EIO-Editoria Italiana Online, EIO-Monografie, EIO-Periodici, EIO-Italianistica, Franco Angeli Riviste Online, and EEO-Edición Española Online. The content brings together a number of prestigious publishers in the fields of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
DRM
The Digital Rights Management platform implemented by the Casalini Libri Digital Division allows pdf files to be encrypted, permits indivudal usage options to be applied to content and grants access to usage statistics.
Traditional Services
- Promotion of new publications among libraries and cultural institutoons worldwide
- Online publication of bibliographic records on our multilingual website www.casalini.it
- Online publication of Tables of Contents, abstracts and cover images fro greater visibility
- Inclusion of bibliographic records in the leading international bibliographic databases
- Links to the publisher's website
- Valorization of publishers' catalogues with the aim of optimizing sales
- Personalized promotional information
Casalini Crypto
Casalini Crypto is the advanced DRM (Digital Rights Management) system that publishers can activate directly from their own websites.
The service
The Casalini Crypto service adds to the range of Casalini Digital Division's online services for publishers. PDF files protected by the Adobe Policy Server may be requested directly from the publisher's website without the need to visit the Casalini interface.
Characteristics of Casalini Crypto
- Files must be located on the publisher's server
- The permissions relative to each file will be attributed according to the publishers' access policy, which is determined using a grid of pre-established options. The publisher will receive from Casalini Digital a Technical Protocol which describes the necessary requirements and provides a list of the policies from which permissions may be determined.
- PDFs will be compatible with Adobe® Reader or Acrobat version 7 or subsequent verions for both Windows and Macintosh systems, and version 8.1.2 or subsequent for Linux. Adobe® Reader may be downloaded easily and without charge.
- The publisher will be able to choose either to supply the file to the end user as an email attachment to the user's address, or to grant on-screen visualization, in which the user may access content according to the publishers' specific policies.
- PDFs may be supplied to any cataegory of user, regardless of the means of access: by code, password or IP recognition
Why use Casalini Crypto?
Casalini Crypto gives publishers the opportunity to autonomously promote and sell their content with advanced DRM protection, without the need to invest in costly installations. Crypto allows publishers to efficiently diversify their offer of editorial products and exploit new sales channels.
To request access to our dedicated publisher services (http://publishers.casalini.it), please contact us at the following email address: torrossa@casalini.it.
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This notice is to inform you, pursuant to Article 13 of Legislative Decree no. 196/2003 that the Digital division, a section of Casalini Libri s.p.a. will proceed to process data in compliance to regulations on the protection of processing of personal data.
1. The data supplied or otherwise acquired within the context of our economic activity will be exclusively processed for the following purposes:
- In the course of performing business activities and for subsequent administrative management;
- to supply information material on recent publications within the scope of the business relationship and also through the use of electronic mail;
- to implement regulatory compliance connected to accounting and tax civil rules as well as fulfilling subsequent obligations imposed by European Union laws, rules and regulations.
2. The processing of the data (by processing, it is intended any operation performed on data from the time of its collection up to its destruction) may be made with or without the help of computer tools.
3. Releasing the data is optional, however, refusing to provide the data may make executing the order, performing business activities, performing commercial relations or fulfilling obligations deriving from a contract that has been concluded with you, impossible. In addition, releasing the data is also necessary for the correct fulfillment of tax and lawful obligations in general.
4. The data will not be communicated to other parties, and it will not be distributed.
5. The holder of the processing is Digital Division - Casalini libri s.p.a., with headquarters in via Benedetto da Maiano 3, 50014 Fiesole (FI).
6. At any time rights may be exercised towards the holder of the processing through written communication (privacy@casalini.it), pursuant to Art. 7 of Legislative Decree 196/2003 which we are reproducing in full.
Art. 7. Right to access personal data and other rights
1. The interested party has the right to obtain confirmation of the existence or non-existence of personal data pertaining to them, even if not yet recorded, and to have it communicated in an intelligible format.
2. The interested party has the right to obtain an indication of:
a) The origin of the personal data;
b) the purposes and methods of processing;
c) the logic applied in the case of processing performed with the aid of electronic tools;
d) the personal details of the owner, the managers or the designated agent pursuant to Article 5, Paragraph 2;
e) parties or categories of parties to which the personal data may be communicated or that may come to know it in their positions as designated agents of the territory of the State, of managers or assigned parties.
3. The interested party has the right to obtain:
a) The updating, correction or, when there is interest, the integration of data;
b) the cancellation, transformation into an anonymous format or the blocking of any data processed in violation of the law, including data that does not need to be saved relative to the purposes for which it was collected or subsequently processed;
c) the certification that the operations according to letters a) and b) have been made known, as it pertains to their content, the parties to whom it was communicated or distributed, except in the case that said fulfillment is impossible or would involve the employment of disproportionate methods compared to the protected right.
4. The interested party has the right to refuse, in full or in part:
a) The processing, for legitimate reasons, of the personal data relative to them, that still pertains to the purpose of the collection;
b) the processing of personal data relative to them for the purpose of sending of advertising or direct sales materials or for completing market research or business communications. Copyright Obligations I contenuti distribuiti restano di esclusiva proprietà degli editori e sottostanno alla vigente normativa sul diritto d'autore.
Per la visualizzazione dei testi e per il loro download, è necessario avere installato il software Adobe® Reader 7.0 o versioni successive.
Tecnologia di protezione diritti (DRM)
La visualizzazione dei contenuti PDF è disponibile tramite il programma Adobe® Reader Adobe® Policy Server è la tecnologia che protegge i documenti attribuendo loro le autorizzazioni stabilite dagli editori sia per quelli visualizzati in consultazione temporanea («Anteprima online») sia per quelli scaricabili.
Informazioni d'uso per utenti che accedono tramite rete dell'istituzione sottoscrittrice del servizio
La sottoscrizione per rete IP prevede che gli utenti collegati alla rete possano navigare in tutte le pagine del sito www.torrossa.it, effettuare ricerche a tutti i livelli e in tutti i campi secondo il contratto in vigore con le istituzioni. Laddove dovessero sussistere accordi che limitano l'accesso al solo contenuto sottoscritto, l'utente puo' collegarsi al sito http://store.torrossa.it da una rete esterna alla propria istituzione per accedere al catalogo completo dei contenuti digitali e consultarlo per eventuali acquisti come utente privato.
Informazioni d'uso per gli utenti privati
Consultazione temporanea del Fulltext
Molti editori offrono l'opzione di consultare una parte o l'intero fulltext prima dell'eventuale acquisto affinché l'utente possa valutare la rilevanza del testo per il proprio ambito di interesse. La consultazione in anteprima permette all'utente di leggere il testo, fare copia/incolla e stampare le pagine. I documenti "a scadenza" sono riconoscibili dall'icona dell'orologio; se l'editore sceglie di mostrare gratuitamente un documento, il fulltext sarà accessibile senza restrizione temporale. La fruizione è disponibile per gli utenti privati che consultano il catalogo da una rete non abbonata ad una collezione di titoli elettronici.
Acquisto
Al momento in cui l'utente conferma l'ordine di acquisto, l'utente puo' effettuare il pagamento tramite il circuito Banca Sella con le seguenti opzioni: carte di credito aderenti ai circuiti Visa, Mastercard e American Express oppure con l'opzione PayPal. Il sistema abbandona momentaneamente la sessione su torrossa.it per collegarsi con il sito di Banca Sella in cui vengono richieste tutte le informazioni relative alla carta di credito e l'indirizzo email dell'utente. Una volta effettuato l'acquisto, Banca Sella invia un email all'utente in cui si riferisce la movimentazione o la cancellazione del credito. E' possibile visualizzare il documento offline, senza una connessione Internet attiva, per un periodo massimo di 30 giorni. Successivamente, per poterne continuare l'utilizzo, sarà necessario aprire il documento quando si è collegati ad Internet.
Copia locale del documento elettronico
All'apertura del documento elettronico acquistato il sistema chiede all'utente di inserire email e password al fine di garantire sicurezza e controllo e di evitare eventuali abusi. E' possibile visualizzare il documento offline, senza una connessione Internet attiva, per un periodo massimo di 30 giorni. Successivamente, per poterne continuare l'utilizzo, sarà necessario aprire il documento quando si è collegati ad Internet.
Diritti digitali
I singoli editori possono assegnare alcune limitazioni l'uso ai loro documenti presenti sulla piattaforma torrossa.it o store.torrossa.it. Queste possono riguardare:
- il numero di volte che può essere stampato il documento;
- la possibilità di effettuare operazioni di copia/incolla del testo.
Ogni risorsa elettronica disponibile per l'acquisto riporta accanto al prezzo le prerogative d'uso disponibili per quel documento.
Partners
Banca Sella è l'istituto di credito a cui Casalini Libri Digital Division si appoggia per effettuare le transazioni. Le operazioni di acquisto avvengono tramite carta di credito o PayPal. Per tali operazioni è garantita la sicurezza dei dati trattati. Documents
In what format are the documents available?
Content is in pdf format. Depending on the settings chosen by the publisher or by those determined by an eventual institutional subscription to a package of content, the pdf files may or may not be protected.In the case of protected files, users must register and place files in their shopping cart in order to download them even if they are available free of charge. In the case of unprotected files, private users need not place files in their shopping cart and users within the IP address range of an institution who subscribes to that content need not even register or log on.
What are the software requirements for reading and downloading documents?
File can be opened and downloaded with Adobe® Reader 7.0 and subsequent versions which is supported by Windows 2000, Windows XP, MacOS X v.10.2.8 and 10.3, and Palm OS 3.0 and subsequent versions.
How can I obtain Adobe® Reader and how much does it cost?
You can download Adobe® Reader completely free of charge from the Adobe site.
What is a «Preview Online»?
The «Preview online» allows private users to view electronic documents that correspond to the printed version. It is a single-use pdf that can be opened to read, print and copy and paste sections of text based on authorizations granted by the publisher.
What is a single-use pdf?
A single-use pdf is a file that cannot be saved but which allows for reading, printing and cutting and pasting of text. Once closed or when a session is automatically refreshed, the single-use pdf is no longer available. This option is valid only for private users.
Do you have EPub on the Torrossa platform?
Along with additional refinements and other features, many documents will be available in EPub format in the second release of Torrossa.it scheduled for June, 2011.
Can I download e-books onto mobile devices?
Currently, documents can be downloaded onto mobile devices that support Adobe software. A Torrossa.it app to purchase and download content to Apple devices will be released shortly.
Access
What is Torrossa.it?
www.torrossa.it is a platform developed by Casalini Libri to host scholarly content by publishers from Romance Language countries. Academic libraries purchase or subscribe to content packages on the Torrossa.it platform to grant their users access to the full text content via the library's network. Depending on settings indicated by the library, individuals may also purchase content from the Torrossa.it platform for their own personal use.
What is TorrossaStore.it?
store.torrossa.it is a platform that offers individuals access to the complete catalogue of full text e-book and e-journal content available from Casalini Libri. The Torrossa Store catalogue may extend beyond the content subscribed by an institution and individuals can purchase downloads here for their own personal use.
If I am a member of a library or institution what am I able to do on the site?
Members of libraries or institutions subscribing to the Torrossa.it platform may freely navigate the site, carry out searches at all levels, access the full text documents purchased or subscribed by the library, and download all available documents, where this option is included in the subscription licence. PDF files are available for all content on the Torrossa platform for purchase and download by private users, upon log in or registration.
If I am a member of a library or institution can I purchase or download an article which interests me?
Users of recognised networks (libraries or institutions) can navigate the site free of charge and access the full text of ebook and ejournal documents purchased or subscribed by the library. If you wish to acquire an article for your own personal use, you may do so, even if you are not at your own personal computer, by registering and logging on as an individual user.
Registering
Do I have to register?
Registration is obligatory if you are a private user or if you are using a computer on a recognised network but you wish to purchase an Ebook for your own personal use. Registration is free of charge. Your personal data is protected according to article L. 196/03 and all subsequent modifications.
What data must I provide when I register?
You are obliged to complete the fields shown in bold. You email address is required. It not only serves as your identification code but is necessary for the exchange of data between the user and Casalini Libri Digital Divison. Indeed, by receiving data purchased as a file via email, you are able to view the purchased material at a time most convenient to you.
Acquisitions
How can I purchase an article?
You can purchase files with credit card payment. All purchases are processed through the website of Banca Sella, guaranteeing the protection of your personal data. You can carry out single purchases or set up a deposit account can then be toppped up on successive occasions. You account can be topped up with the following amounts: 50.00 Euro, 100.00 Euro, 150.00 Euro and 200 Euro. Presently, payments may be made with Visa, Mastercard and American Express credit cards.
What if I don't have a credit card?
We regret that no other forms of payment can be accepted.
How can I download a file if I am not using my own PC?
When downloading or purchasing a protected pdf file, the system will send users a message via e-mail containing a link to the document they are acquiring which can be used at the users convenience. The link given in the e-mail message remains available for 30 days, after which downloading will no longer be allowed.
Is it possible to cancel an order after payment has been made?
The cancellation of an order, and relative refund of the amount paid, will be permitted only in the following instances:
- if there is a duplicate purchase and subsequent duplicate charge
- if the file purchased is defective and cannot be substituted
Problems in accessing the document
What happens if I don't open the document within 30 days of my purchase?
If you have not already opened the document, the link will disactivate after 30 days and you must contact us to recover the purchased document.
Why can't I open the copy that I saved?
Most likely you are trying to open the copy after more than 30 days from the last time you opened the document with an active internet connection. In that case, first connect to the internet and then open the PDF document.
I am a Mac user; how can I view the PDF Document?
To view the purchased document from a Mac computer, you must first open Adobe Reader and then the PDF document, otherwise your Mac computer will open the document with Apple Preview and you will not obtain a correct view according to the Adobe format.
Viewing PDF documents with Google Chrome
When viewing Torrossa content in Google Chrome, it is necessary to deactivate the browser's own PDF reader as this is not fully compatible with all Adobe Reader tools and may hinder the correct visualization of the PDF document. In order to open documents in the correct format, type chrome://plugins/ in the browser's address bar; select the entry Chrome PDF Viewer from the plugins listed and click on the "Deactivate" option.
Helpdesk
- Email: torrossa@casalini.it
- Tel. :+39-340-2945777
Torrossa offers three different search options: a basic, or "google-like", search covering one field only; a quick search using three fields available on the homepage; and an advanced search.
Search mechanisms
Searches may be made for keywords or phrases.
Where more than one term is entered without inverted commas, the system will search both terms using the OR operator; each term will have the same relevance.
Where inverted commas are used, the systm will search the two terms as a phrase.
To search for an exact phrase (eg. "rinascimento italiano"), inverted commas must be used.
A proximity algorithm is applied to searches for multiple terms (eg. Divina Commedia), allowing the search to be carried out also against documents which contain the terms in a different order (eg. Commedia Divina).
Basic or "google-like" search
The basic search field, positioned directly below the Torrossa logo, is accessible from all pages of the site.
The default is set at "All" fields; searches made using this default will cover bibliographical data and full text.
The drop-down menu allows the search to be limited to metadata or full text only. The algorithm used by the Torrossa search engine will show results according to the following order of relevance:
- Keyword in title field
- Keyword in author field
- Keyword in subject or publisher field and other bibliographical fields; keyword or phrase
- Keyword in full text
In this way, if the term appears in the title of document A and within the full text of document B, the result for A will be shown above that of B.
We advise using the "Full text" search field should you wish to prioritise the occurences of the keyword within the full text.
Quick Search
The quick search is included on the Torrossa homepage to offer users immediate access to the three principal search fields:
- Full text - the electronic text
- Metadata - all bibliographical fields (author, title, publisher, series, notes)
- All - full text and bibliographical data.
Advanced Search
The advanced search option allows for searches to be made across seven fields, which may be selected using the drop-down menus.
The default Booleian operator is set as AND; users may select to use the operators OR, AND NOT, OR NOT.
By clicking the + key on the search page, users may view a second group of search criteria and combine the first search group with a second search group in order to refine searches.
Search fields may be cancelled by clicking on the x if not needed; the change will be saved for the duration of the search session.
Users may set filters to refine their searches, selecting parameters from language of publication, type of document and subject area.
The order of search results may be changed from the default "by title" to "by author" or "by relevance".
Search Results
Search results show the type of document available (e-book, periodical issue, part of work or article) and allows users to view the keyword in context for searches made within the full text or all fields. To view the context, open the window "show keyword in context" beside the document entry.
The record is enriched with details such as cover pages, abstracts, indices and colophons, which aim to aid users in the selection of those documents to consult or purchase.
Search Results > Facets
On the right hand side of each search results page, the results are shown in terms of facets. Using these facets, users may view documents grouped according to the following characteristics: type of document, language of publication, year of publication, author or subject area.
Search Results > Breadcrumb navigation
Each search results page shows above the results the steps taken by users to arrive at each particular set of results. The first entry, "Your search", shows the search term (eg. Calvino), and is followed by additional filters added using the facets. Each single step may be cancelled; the page will re-generate new results based on the updated search filters.
Browser compatibility Best viewed with Firefox 3.5 or higher.
Minimum Browser Requirements:
Please note that at present this site is not fully compatible with Internet Explorer 9; the entire range of site functionalities will be available through this browser in the near future. For optimal navigation, we recommend the use of Mozilla Firefox.
If you encounter errors in viewing or navigating the site, please contact webteam@casalini.it. Tutorials (PDF) Tutorial