Papers in PDF format

It can also happen that these documents have been analysed or simply quoted in one of the essays of the
VENIVA editorial collection. In this case, readers can follow the link from the primary document they are
viewing to the critical analyses that relate to it.
- The authorial environment. Users can be more interactive with the materials stored in the VENIVA database.
They will not only browse the documents, read them or follow the connections that are automatically created by
the system and the links that the authors of the publications have established; but, in the open environment,
users can be authors, too.
The researcher will connect to the VENIVA platform in order to examine the materials he can not otherwise
access, unless he physically visits the archive or library that preserves them. In particular, he will be able to
search for archival and bibliographic documents, extract information from the publications he has read or the
primary materials he has viewed, elaborate them, create links establishing hotwords, add new text and images,
save his own work and search results on a personal folder on his desktop, and eventually submit his work to an
editorial committee for publication.
The private environment
The main tasks of the publisher —i.e. the subject that offers editorial services with added value in the open
environment— can be thus considered. On the one hand, the publisher is in direct contact with both the reader
and the researcher that enter the VENIVA archive. On the other, the publisher will communicate with the
cultural repositories of primary information —i.e. archives and libraries. If they wish so, the publisher can
administrate for them the financial exploitation of their materials. Finally, the publisher will control the virtual
archive and its automatic updating of data.
Users can also prepare a project for a possible editorial publication and ask the publisher to produce it for them.
They know the main characteristics of the editorial product they wish to buy and can provide precise directions
for the publisher. In this sense, users will ask for a personalised product, choosing between different levels of
editorial refinement or different supports (electronic or traditional). The publisher will fulfil their requests and
will submit their work to the editorial committee that will decide upon the feasibility of its publication on-line.
References
[Brusegan et al. 1994] Brusegan, A., & De Michelis, A., & Ellero, G., (1994). Miners, un progetto per la
ipertestualizzazione degli archivi pubblici: il caso dell’Archivio delle Zitelle. Association for History &
Computing 7th International Congress, Bologna, IT. 109-118.
[De Michelis, 1994] De Michelis, A., (1994). I Giacimenti Culturali come risorsa fondamentale dell’Europa
del 21° Secolo. Archivi & Computer, 1, 84-90.
[Viggiano 1996] Viggiano, A., (1996).Virtual Tour in the Venetian Historical Sources Route: Venice and the
Levant (cent. 15th - 18th). http://veniva.tol.it, VENIVA Consortium.