Born in Catania on the 15th/06/66, now living in Acireale (CT), Italy.
Married to Roberta and father of Benedetta.
Civilian Service in lieu of Military Service, 1993.
Educational background
High School Diploma in the Classics (“Gulli e Pennisi” - Acireale).
Degree in political science, 110/110.
1999 - Professional qualification of Librarian, after an accredited course for "Librarians". (project. n. 238/CT/93), marks 60/60.
2003 - Master in "Development and Management of Advanced Documentary Services" at the University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, marks 100/100.
2005 - Course in "Expert for Advanced Documentation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage", organized by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Environmental Conservation – ICCU - Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries and for Bibliographic Information.
Experience - professional activity 1999 to present - On-going co-ordinated collaboration as librarian/documentalist for digital library, collections, databases, etc., at C.B.D. (Centro biblioteche e documentazione) of Catania University.
Teaching Experience
Occasional courses on the use of Research Systems, Documents, Bibliography and Internet.
Since 1999 member of the AIB (Italian Library Association).
Principal areas of interest in Librarianship
Digital library
Electronic publishing
Open access
Reference service
IT Knowledge
European Computer Driving Licence, 2004.
Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.
Programming Language: HTML, XML.
Applications: MS Office 2003, Photoshop CS2, FrontPage 2003.
Internet Applications: Online Searching, Web page designing, Web based information services, Web Portals.
Databases platform: CSA, Proquest, WebSPIRS, ecc.
Le banche dati in rete d'Ateneo, in "L'Europa delle lingue", CD-ROM, Università degli studi di Catania, 2001.
Il fondo Capuana fra tradizione e innovazione digitale, (with Laura Sapuppo), in "AIB Notizie", 18 (2006), n. 10, p. 12-13, oppure <http://www.aib.it/aib/editoria/n18/1012.htm3>.
