Esploro Experience at LIUC University Italy. A case study

Mario Rostoni Library - LIUC University Italy migrated from a different digital platform and metadata repository based on DSpace to Esploro in 2020. Our main goal was managing researchers' profiles and publications in a repository and send metadata and assets to the Ministry of Education MIUR platform for the evaluation of the research of professors. We implemented Esploro and developed a specific programme for MIUR. Other two experiences are described. We also used Esploro for PHD thesis to be sent to National Library of Florence for deposit. Data can be queried through OAI-PMH interface. Bibliographic data and thesis files are retrieved by a harvesting process. Metadata are public and searchable in BNCF catalog. As our library manages also the LIUC University Press, we use Esploro for managing specific collections of working papers and journals published by LIUC University.