BRUNETTI DIMITRI LIBERO

CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor at the University of Insubria Associate Professor of Archival Science in the Department of Humanities and Territorial Innovation at the University of Insubria (competition sector GDS 11/HIST-04 - SSD HIST-04/C, formerly M-STO/08)

PREVIOUS POSITION AT
the University of Udine from 2019 to September 30, 2025: Associate Professor of Archival Science and Digital Archival Science in the Department of Humanities and Cultural Heritage at the University of Udine (competition sector 11/A4, SSD M-STO/08). Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Cultural Heritage, 2022–2025. Member of the Faculty Board for the Doctoral Program in Art History, Cinema, Audiovisual Media, and Music (since 2021). Former member of the Working Group for Entrance Competency Tests (2020–2021) and the Joint Committee (2021–2022)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 2024, Project Manager for the Maggioli and Sinapsys srl Consortium on “Carta” projects funded by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage (MiC) and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR-M1C3) 1.1.5 “Digitization of Cultural Heritage” (Lombardy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Calabria, Basilicata, and Puglia regions; State Archives of Bari).
Other positions at universities and advanced training institutions
- Since 2023, adjunct professor at the School of Archival Science, Paleography, and Diplomatics at the State Archives of Turin. Teaches “Diplomatics of Contemporary Documents I” and “Software Applications for Archival Description.”
- Since 2022, lecturer for the Advanced Training Course in Contemporary Archival Science at the Central State Archives.
- In the 2023–2024 academic year, served as a substitute associate professor in the master’s degree program in “Archival Science and Records Management” at Alma Mater Europaea – Evropski center in Maribor (Slovenia, Koper campus). Taught “Theoretical Foundations of Archival Science and Archival Ethics.”
- From the 2015–2016 academic year to the 2020–2021 academic year, adjunct professor at the School of Advanced Studies at the Central Institute for the Pathology of Archives and Books (ICPAL). Taught “History of Archives.”
- In the 2019–2020 academic year, adjunct professor at the University of Bologna. Taught “Archival Science.”
- During the 2019–2020 academic year, he was a professor appointed by the Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali – Scuola del Patrimonio. He taught a course titled “Archival Description Applications: Functional Requirements, Models, and Examples.”
- During the 2016–2017 and 2017–2018 academic years, he was an adjunct professor at the School of Archival Science, Paleography, and Diplomatics at the State Archives of Genoa.
- From the 2004–2005 academic year to the 2012–2013 academic year, adjunct professor at the University of Turin (first in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, in the Cultural Heritage, Archival, and Library Studies program, and later in the Department of Historical Studies). Courses taught: “General Archival Science,” “Specialized Archival Science,” “Theories and Techniques of Archival Description,” “Handling of Contemporary and Digital Documents in Archives,” and “Computer-Based Organization of Archives and Libraries.”
- During the 2009–2010 academic year, adjunct professor at the University of Verona, Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, Master’s Degree Program in European History and Geography. Taught “General Archival Science.”
- Employee of the Piedmont Region: From July 2008 to November 2019, he served as an official in the Libraries, Archives, and Cultural Institutions Division of the Piedmont Region, with responsibilities related to coordinating activities and conducting preliminary assessments regarding archival matters and photographic, audio, audiovisual, and documentary cultural heritage for the purposes of description, digitization, and promotion. Technical lead for the development projects of the Digital Ecosystem for Culture and the Mèmora application. Coordinator of activities for the Piedmont local newspapers portal. Promoter of the Archimista software. Promoter of the regional adoption of the open-source software Collective Access. Former manager of the Guarini Archivi software. Member of the Regional Directorate for Culture’s EU Project Planning Group (DD.R.P. 32/2015) and of the Working Group on Cohesion Policy Planning for 2021–2027. Deputy head of the Homogeneous Organizational Area (DD.R.P. 679/2015). Holder of a technical organizational position titled “Specialized functions in the processing and digitization of cultural heritage, with particular reference to the management and online promotion of historical archives and documentary heritage.”
- Employee of the Municipality of Novi Ligure: From December 2004 to July 2008, official in the Culture Department of the Municipality of Novi Ligure (AL). Head of the Municipal Archives Service, the Rare Books Collection of the Civic Library, and the Novi Ligure Archival System. Editor of the “Culture” pages on the Municipality’s website. Municipal privacy officer.
- Employee of the Municipality of Rivoli: From 2002 to December 2004, official in charge of the Archives Service and the Records Management Office of the Municipality of Rivoli (TO). Managed the project to digitize document workflows, drafted the Manual for Managing the Electronic Records Management System, and oversaw the historical archive, the storage archive, and pilot projects for the digitization of records. Served as the municipal privacy officer and drafted the Security Policy Document (DPS).
- Training activities: Since 1996, consultant and trainer for Formel, LineAtenei, LineaPA, Caldarini & Associati, DM Cultura, Centro studi enti locali, IAL-Piemonte, and the Regional Education Office for Piedmont, the Karmel Foundation, Casa di Carità Arti e Mestieri, Consaf-Turin, CSEA-Turin, the City of Venaria, Euroged-Turin, Poliedra-Turin, and the UNESCO Center in Turin on topics including the digital transition of public administration, IT protocols, management and selection of contemporary documents, analog and digital archives, documentary cultural heritage, and personal data processing. Responsible for coordinating activities and training project staff, collaborators, volunteers, and civil service volunteers assigned to archival tasks.
- Freelance archivist: From 1990 to 2002, responsible for reorganizing over two hundred historical and administrative archives located in Piedmont. Among others: the municipalities of Alessandria, Asti, and Cuneo; the dioceses of Alessandria, Asti, and Tortona; and mutual aid societies in the provinces of Alessandria, Asti, Cuneo, Novara, and Turin. Additionally: the archives of Indesit, Fiom-Turin, Spi-Turin, PCI-Turin, the Turin Stock Exchange, the Asti Chamber of Commerce, the National Film Archive of the Resistance in Turin, the Piedmont Regional Media Library, the Omegna Local Health Authority, IP.AS.VI. in Alessandria, and the Turin Feminist Movement. Next: the “War Damage” Fund of the Turin Finance Administration, the Regional Public Works Office for Piedmont, and the Higher Institute of Organization in Turin. Inventories of the archives of Piedmontese cultural associations, anti-nuclear and environmentalist movements in the city and province of Turin, corporate archives in the city and province of Turin, and political archives in the city and province of Turin.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- Ph.D. in Documentary, Linguistic, and Literary Sciences, Curriculum in Book and Document Sciences (31st cycle), Field M-STO/08 at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 2019. Thesis titled: The Municipal Archives from the Astengo Circular to 1915. Manuals, classification models, and the adoption of Ministerial Circular 17100-2 of 1897. Grade: excellent.
- Librarian’s diploma obtained upon completion of the regional course in 1992.
- Diploma in Archival Science, Paleography, and Diplomatics obtained through a two-year course at the State Archives of Turin in 1990.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Holder of the First-Tier National Scientific Qualification, competitive sector 11/A4 (M-STO/08), from September 16, 2022, to September 16, 2023
- Holder of the Second-Level National Scientific Qualification, competition sector 11/A4 (M-STO/08), from July 31, 2017, to July 31, 2023
- Subject expert in archival science, bibliography, and library science M-STO/08 (2014–2017)
- Registered in the First Category of the Ministry of Culture’s List of Cultural Heritage Professionals (Archivists – Unregulated Professions), established by Law No. 110/2014 https://professionisti.beniculturali.it/

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES AND EDITORIAL BOARDS
Member of the Scientific Committee of the “Collana di studi archivistici” series published by Civita
Member of the Italian Scientific Committee of “Archivi,” the journal of ANAI
Member of the Italian Scientific Committee of “DigItalia,” the journal of ICCU
Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal “Journal of Interactive Books”
Member of the Editorial Board of “ATLANTI + (plus) International Scientific Review for Contemporary Archival Theory and Practice,” the journal of the International Institute of Archival Sciences in Trieste and Maribor
Editor-in-Chief of the “Historical Archives in Piedmont” series published by Dell’Orso
Editor-in-Chief of the “Archives and Libraries in Piedmont” series published by the Piedmont Region
Member of the Scientific Committee for the maintenance of archival resources at universities and public research institutions, coordinated by Procedamus
Member of the Technical-Scientific Committee of ANORC Professioni (National Association of Operators and Managers of Digital Content Preservation) https://anorc.eu/anorc-professioni/
Member of the Scientific Committee for Formel training activities aimed at staff of contracting authorities and central purchasing bodies (SNA GUIDELINES—[Text adopted by SNA Presidential Decree No. 22/2024, consolidated with the amendments set forth in SNA Presidential Decree No. 3/2025]).
Referee for the journals “Archivi,” “JLIS,” “AIDAinformazioni,” “DigItalia” (ICCU), “Nuovi Annali della Scuola speciale per archivisti e bibliotecari,” “Atlanti” (IIAS), and “Umanistica digitale”

ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
- AIDUSA – Italian Association of University Professors of Archival Sciences, member of the Executive Board and secretary since 2021 (term renewed in 2024). https://www.aidusa.it
- Tancredi di Barolo Foundation of Turin, member of the Board of Directors since 2017 (2017–2019: representative of the Piedmont Region; 2019–2023: representative of Opera Barolo; since 2023: representative of the Ministry of Culture).
- Luigi Firpo Foundation. Center for the Study of Political Thought in Turin, member of the Board of Directors since 2023 as representative of the Ministry of Culture.
- Central State Archives, member of the Academic Council for the Advanced Training Course in Contemporary Archival Science from 2022 to 2023
- Central Institute for Graphic Arts, member of the Board of Directors from 2017 to 2020 (Decree of the Directorate of Education and Research 70/2017) with an extension through 2021.
- ICAR – Central Institute for Archives, member of the Management Committee from 2012 to 2018 (DGA Decrees 168/2012 e 1187/2015).
NATIONAL WORKING GROUPS
- Working group for in-depth analysis of the production, preservation, and disposal of electronic registry records (annual, daily emergency) established by AgID; member (det, DG 109/2025)
- Working group for the revision of the classification schedule for municipalities and the development of the Plan for Filing, Selection, and Preservation, with the participation of AgID, ANCI, DGA, and ANAI; member (in formation)
- Working group on the repository archive coordinated by Procedamus; member (2024–2025)
- Working Group on the “Compendium of Compendia for Italian University Archives,” coordinated by Procedamus, member (2023–2024)
- “ALBA” Working Group (Updating the Work and Best Practices of the Aurora Recommendations), coordinated by Procedamus; coordinator of the Registry Subgroup (2022–2023)
- Working Group on Universities and Public Research Institutions, coordinated by Procedamus; member (2020–2022)
- Working Group on the Table of Procedures for Universities and Public Research Institutions, coordinated by Procedamus, member (2020–2021)
- Working Group on the Definition of Minimum Criteria for the Enhancement of Archives and Libraries, coordinated by the State-Regions Conference, member (2012–2014)
- “AURORA” Working Group (United Administrations for the Preparation of Records and Civil Registry Entries in the Electronic Registry System), coordinated by the University of Padua; coordinator of the Civil Registry Subgroup (2008–2013)