DIGITAL LIBRARIANSHIP

The aim of the course (which is part of the characterizing and compulsory ones of the degree course in Archival and library science) is to provide students with the fundamental concepts needed to use, design, and manage digital libraries, based on the hypertextual paradigm.

At the end of the course students will be able to utilize (as users) any digital library and to orient themselves (as librarians) in the main work activities of any contemporary library, if at least partially digital.

The course is primarily intended for students with prior knowledge of bibliography and library science. Those who have not yet taken exams in these disciplines are encouraged to also study the texts listed in "Bibliography B" (below) and watch the corresponding videos, which will be made available to them on the e-learning platform.

The main topics covered will be: information organization; hypertextuality (theory, history, and applications); the semantic web; definitions, content (e-books, e-journals, open archives, databases, etc.), and services (digitization, online reference, lending and preservation of digital materials, etc.) of digital libraries; artificial intelligence in libraries.

For the definitive bibliography see http://www.riccardoridi.it/unive/bibl2026c.htm

TEMPORARY BIBLIOGRAPHY:

--- Bibliografia A (obbligatoria per tutti):
Riccardo Ridi. Il mondo dei documenti. Cosa sono, come valutarli e organizzarli (Laterza, 2010). Solo il capitolo III.
Riccardo Ridi, La biblioteca come ipertesto: verso l'integrazione dei servizi e dei documenti (Editrice Bibliografica, 2007). Solo le parti 2 e 3.
Riccardo Ridi, Ipertesto (AIB, 2018).
Riccardo Ridi, Deontologia bibliotecaria e intelligenza artificiale, in Philogrammatos. Studi offerti a Paolo Eleuteri, Ca' Foscari, 2025, p. 189-199.
Riccardo Ridi, Intelligenza artificiale e web semantico: nessi reciproci, ambiguità e definizioni ("Biblioteche oggi trends", IX (2023), n. 1, p. 27-37).
Biblioteche e trasformazione digitale, a cura di Rosa Maiello ("Rivista elettronica di diritto, economia, management", 2025, n. 2). Solo gli articoli di Bracciotti e Salarelli
(Il ruolo strategico delle biblioteche nazionali nella conservazione del web), di De Robbio (L'impatto trasformativo dell'intelligenza artificiale nelle biblioteche)
e di Morriello (Le collezioni digitali delle biblioteche).

--- Bibliografia B (obbligatoria, in aggiunta alla bibliografia A, solo per chi non ha già sostenuto gli esami di bibliografia e di biblioteconomia):
Carlo Bianchini e Mauro Guerrini, Guida alla biblioteca per gli studenti universitari (Editrice Bibliografica, 2019). SOLO PER CHI NON HA GIA' SOSTENUTO "BIBLIOGRAFIA"
Gabriele Mazzitelli, Che cos'è una biblioteca (Carocci, 2005). SOLO PER CHI NON HA GIA' SOSTENUTO "BIBLIOTECONOMIA"
IFLA, Codice etico per le bibliotecarie e le altre lavoratrici nel settore dell'informazione (2012). SOLO PER CHI NON HA GIA' SOSTENUTO "BIBLIOTECONOMIA"

--- Bibliografia C (facoltativa per tutti):
Maria Teresa Biagetti, Le biblioteche digitali. Tipologie, funzionalità e modelli di sviluppo (Franco Angeli, 2019).
Fabio Mercanti, Prestito digitale bibliotecario: un servizio multiforme e in continua innovazione ("AIB studi", LXIII (2023), n. 1, p. 53-66).
Fare open access: la libera diffusione del sapere scientifico nell'era digitale, A cura di Simone Aliprandi (Ledizioni, 2017).
Biblioteche e biblioteconomia: principi e questioni, a cura di Giovanni Solimine e Paul Gabriele Weston (Carocci, 2015).
Solo i capitoli 15 (Biblioteca digitale), 16 (La biblioteca sul web), 17 (Leggere e fare ricerca in un mondo digitale) e 21 (La conservazione delle memorie digitali).

Three open-ended questions to be answered in written form in 45 minutes. Each of the 3 questions corresponds to 10 points in the evaluation.

written

The lecturer has a duty to ensure that the rules regarding the authenticity and originality of exam tests and papers are respected. Therefore, if there is suspicion of irregular conduct, an additional assessment may be conducted, which could differ from the original exam description.

The gradation will depend on the answers given to three questions. Each answer will correspond to 10 points. They will be taken into consideration: knowledge of the contents (40%), conceptual clarity (30%), appropriateness of language (20%) and ability to summarize (which does not mean writing little, but knowing how to concentrate on the essential, 10%).

The course will be held in a "blended" (or mixed) format. To participate, students must register on the Ca' Foscari e-learning platform, where half of the lessons will be held, while the other half will be held in-person.
The online lessons consist of a series of videos and other teaching materials (which will be made available online at the beginning of each week and which students can access at any time until the end of the course) and a discussion forum (constantly available from the beginning to the end of the course). So the online half of the course can also be followed by those who can not be online on certain days of the week.

Lessons, meetings and seminars calendars, bibliography, teaching materials and news available at http://www.riccardoridi.it/unive/

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion
Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments
 Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support
services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with
mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development