Focus
April 2020
Casalini Libri, Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel, Houtschild Internationale Boekhandel
Wir freuen uns, Ihnen heute mitteilen zu können, dass Casalini Libri zusammen mit Dirk Raes
die Firmen Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel (Amsterdam und Paris) und Houtschild Internationale Boekhandel von
Bertram Group übernommen haben. Als erfahrener, langjähriger Geschäftsführer dieser
Firmen wird Dirk Raes auch in Zukunft für Kontinuität sorgen.
Unsere Firmen verbindet eine Vision: Wir wollen Bibliotheken weltweit den besten Service
bieten, der möglich ist. Mit vereinten Kräften können wir nicht nur präsenter sein, sondern
auch für den effizienten Einsatz technologischer Ressourcen sorgen und weiterhin den von
Ihnen geschätzten persönlichen Kundendienst gewährleisten.
December 2019
Penn Libraries Partners with Casalini Libri, @Cult to Develop Linked-Data Discovery Interface
In tandem with Casalini Libri and @Cult, the Penn Libraries is developing an experimental system based on the Share-Virtual Discovery Environment (Share-VDE) project which will be available in mid 2020.
October 2019
Available soon on Torrossa: Biblioteca dell'«Archivum Romanicum»
Thanks to the latest chapter in Leo S. Olschki's ongoing digitization project, the complete collections of the long-established and respected monographic series Biblioteca dell'«Archivum Romanicum» will soon be available in electronic format in the Torrossa Digital Library.
June 2019
Award of the Laurea magistrale ad honorem to Michele Casalini
It is with both enormous pride and great pleasure that our CEO, Michele Casalini, has accepted from the University of Florence an honorary degree celebrating his dedication and contribution to the field of Library and Information Science.
March 2019
Advancements to our Torrossa Digital Library and Bookstore
True to our mission of investing in technological innovation to provide the best possible services to libraries and publishers, we have recently begun a significant undertaking to upgrade and improve access to the electronic resources available on Torrossa. A renewed and reystyled platform, in turn, allows us to further enhance the range of content available in our digital library and bookstore.
October 2018
Torrossa Digital Library: autumn update
We are pleased to announce new publications by the prestigious publishers Carocci, Leo S.Olschki, Franco Angeli, Fabrizio Serra and Iberoamericana.
October 2018
Casalini Libri Linked Data services
As one of the major bibliographic agencies for data regarding European publications, Casalini Libri is particularly interested in Linked Data and the opportunities that this method of publishing structured data provides for widening the dissemination and increasing the discoverability of bibliographic data.In recent years we have been an active participant in discussions on Linked Data, metadata standards and BIBFRAME both in the US and Europe.
October 2018
Law content on Torrossa
Specialist e-books and e-journals from prestigious Italian and Spanish publishers.
June 2018
Olschki e-journals - La Parola del Passato now available on Torrossa
The complete archive of La Parola del Passato journal, from 1946 to 2014, is now available on Torrossa thanks to the latest digitisation effort by Leo S. Olschki publishing house.
May 2018
Torrossa Digital Library: Spring update
The Torrossa platform provides visibility, distribution support and technology to academic publishers, while simplifying purchasing, licensing and access for institutions.
January 2018
Fiesole Collection Development Retreat 2018
The theme for this edition, the 20th in the series, is "Serving Learning and Scholarship". The 2018 Fiesole Retreat will once again examine new technologies and service models, as well as issues in collection development and librarianship.
October 2017
Torrossa Digital Library: Autumn update
New collections are now available from Olschki, including all 2016 titles, and a new set of 150 titles from Iberoamericana. We are also pleased to announce that we have signed new agreements with several publishers such as: CPL - Centro Primo Levi; Inschibboleth edizioni; Edizioni Epoké; Passigli Editori; Silex ediciones.
June 2017
Casalini Libri is an ISNI Registration Agency
On March 1, 2017 Casalini Libri became an ISNI Registration Agency, with the scope to contribute data to the central ISNI database, provide ISNI related services to organisations and users in the information chain, as well as to support data enrichment and procedures for the reconciliation of entities.
May 2017
Shibboleth now available on Torrossa Platform
We are pleased to announce that Shibboleth is now available on the Torrossa platform, widening the range of access options to the platform for libraries and their users.
April 2017
EURIG annual meeting 2017
The annual meeting of EURIG 2017 in Florence and Fiesole will examine current demands in the application of RDA and possible challenges for the future.
April 2017
Leo S. Olschki on Torrossa - Titles published in 2016
The Leo S. Olschki publishing house has now released the electronic editions of a further 52 monographs, published during 2016. These titles join essential sources of material for researchers of Literature, Art, History, Classical Studies, Music and Bibliography already present on the Torrossa platform, encompassing the publisher's entire catalogue from 2000 to 2016.
April 2017
Torrossa Spring Update 2017
Some of the most prominent and historical Italian publishers will become available on Torrossa in the next few months, including Adelphi, Baldini e Castoldi, Bollati Boringhieri, Bompiani, Donzelli, Gangemi, Garzanti, Giuffré, Laterza, Marsilio, Ponte alle Grazie, Rosenberg & Sellier and UTET.
March 2017
Fiesole Collection Development Retreat 2017
The 2017 Fiesole Retreat will examine the theme of "The Evolving Scholarly Environment", discussing new technologies and business models, as well as the re-emerging role of collection development and librarianship in the continuing digital evolution of the scholarly ecosystem.
January 2017
Prestigious new publishers on Torrossa in 2017
A new agreement with the e-content supplier Edigita will see archives and new content from a number of Italian publishers made available on Torrossa in the next few months.
