Gino Roncaglia is an Associate Professor (Full Professor from Nov. 1, 2024) of Philosophy of Information, Digital Publishing, and Digital Humanities at Roma Tre University, after a long period of teaching at the University of Tuscia. He is the author of numerous essays in the fields of the history of logic (with a particular focus on the history of modal logic between the Middle Ages and Leibniz) and new media (with a particular focus on the future of books and reading, the use of new technologies in the cultural and educational sectors, and the philosophy of information). He is among the experts who contributed to the drafting of the 2016-2020 National Digital School Plan and has long collaborated with RAI Cultura. He has taught theories and practices of e-Learning at the National School of Administration, served on the libraries and cultural institutes committee of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MIBACT), and is a member of the Scientific Council of the Foundation "School of Cultural Heritage and Activities". He is an honorary professor at the National University of Villa María in Argentina. Among his most recent books are "L’architetto e l’oracolo. Forme del sapere digitale da Wikipedia a ChatGPT" (Laterza 2023), "L’età della frammentazione. Cultura del libro e scuola digitale" (Laterza, first edition 2018, second enlarged edition 2020) and "The Fourth Revolution: Six Lessons on the Future of the Book" (Laterza 2010).
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CURRICULUM: PUBLISHING AND INNOVATION: CONTENTS, PROCESSES, TECHNOLOGIES
MAIN RESEARCH EXPERTISEDigital Humanities; Digital Publishing; e-Learning; Philosophy of Information; Reading Theory; History of Logic.
DIRECTION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTSPrincipal investigator for the 2022 PRIN project ‘Nereide’ (New Reading Experiences in the Digital Ecosystem);
Coordinator of the international project team for the European Erasmus+ project ReadTwinning, 2019-2022; the project has been designated as best practice by the Italian Ministry of Education;
Coordinator for the Research Unit of Forum del Libro for the European Erasmus+ project The Living Book, 2016-2019; the project won the European Innovative Teaching Award 2021;
Coordinator for the Research Unit of the University of Tuscia for the 2005 PRIN project ‘Trame’ (Technologies and network environments for the memory of XXI century);
Coordinator for the Research Unit of the University of Tuscia for the 2007 PRIN project CoOperare (Content Organization, Propagation, Evaluation and Reuse through Active Repositories);
Member of the Università Roma Tre research team of the European project WePod (2023- );
Member of the Università Università Roma Tre research team of the PNRR project Changes (2023- );
DIRECTION OR PARTICIPATION IN EDITORIAL COMMITTEES AND EDITORIAL MAGAZINES AND SERIESMember of the editorial board of the following Journals: ‘Bollettino dell’Associazione Italiana Biblioteche’, ‘Biblioteche Oggi Trends’, ‘Bibliothecae’, ‘Digitalia’, ‘Culture Digitali’, ‘Mediascapes’, ‘Quaderni DigiLab’, ‘Quaderni Debate’, ‘AIDA Informazioni’, ‘AIB Studi’, ‘ DigitCult’, ‘Nuovi annali della scuola speciale per archivisti e bibliotecari’, ‘magazén – International Journal for Digital and Public Humanities’.
TEACHING OR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS GRANTED BY QUALIFIED UNIVERSITIES OR FOREIGN OR SUPRANATIONAL RESEARCH CENTERSHonorary Professor of the Universidad Nacional Villa María (Argentina).
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS: MONOGRAPHS(dal 2020 o con edizioni o ristampe post-2020)
Il mondo digitale (con Fabio Ciotti, Laterza 2000, 16a ristampa 2021);
La quarta rivoluzione. Sei lezioni sul futuro del libro (Laterza 2010, 5a ristampa 2022);
L’età della frammentazione. Cultura del libro e scuola digitale (Laterza 2018, seconda edizione accresciuta 2020);
L’architetto e l’oracolo. Forme digitali del sapere fra Wikipedia e ChatGPT (Laterza 2023, 4a ristampa 2024).
SELECTED RECENTS PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS(dal 2020)
Roncaglia, Gino,
Intelligenze artificiali generative e mediazione informativa: una introduzione. BIBLIOTECHE OGGI TRENDS, vol. 9, p. 13-26, ISSN: 2421-3810, doi: 10.3302/2421-3810-202301-013-1;
Roncaglia, Gino,
Encyclopedias and encyclopedism in the era of the Web. JLIS.IT, vol. 12, p. 69-90, ISSN: 2038-1026, doi: 10.4403/jlis.it-12757;
Roncaglia, Gino, Solimine, Giovanni (2021).
La circolazione dei libri nel 2020: questioni aperte e ipotesi interpretative. AIB STUDI, vol. 61, p. 11-30, ISSN: 2280-9112, doi: 10.2426/aibstudi-13157;
Roncaglia, Gino,
Letture aumentate, fra rete e intermedialità. AIB STUDI, vol. 61, p. 603-609, ISSN: 2280-9112, doi: 10.2426/aibstudi-13360.
SELECTED RECENTS PUBLICATIONS: BOOK CHAPTERS(dal 2020)
Roncaglia Gino (2023).
Libri di testo digitali. A che punto siamo? In: Anichini Alessandra e Bartolini Rudi (a cura di): Libri di testo e contenuti didattici digitali: un dialogo possibile?. p. 75-80, ROMA:Carocci, ISBN: 9788829018741;
Roncaglia, Gino (2021).
La biblioteca e l’impero. In: (a cura di): Simonetta Buttò Vittorio Ponzani Simona Turbanti, L’arte della ricerca : fonti, libri, biblioteche : studi offerti ad Alberto Petrucciani per i suoi 65 anni. p. 127-137, ROMA:Associazione italiana biblioteche, ISBN: 978-88-7812-333-5;
Roncaglia, Gino, Pireddu, Mario (2021).
La formazione online del personale pubblico e il percorso della SNA. In: Scuola Nazionale dell’Amministrazione. (a cura di): Mariella Astazi Sabrina Bandera Nicola Bonaccini Erika Bottoli Daniela Cinque Andrea Luciani, Formare la PA. Rapporto SNA 2017-2020. p. 31-37, Formello (Roma): Miligraf Edizioni, ISBN: 9788896002728;
Roncaglia, Gino (2021).
Lettura aumentata, compagni di lettura e il ruolo delle biblioteche scolastiche. In: (a cura di): Luisa Marquardt Giovanni Moretti Arianna L. Morini, La biblioteca scolastica e le sue figure professionali: concetti in trasformazione. p. 221-228, MILANO:Ledizioni, ISBN: 9788855263504;
AFAM INSTITUTIONS’ TEACHING FELLOWSHIPSLecturer of Digital Innovation in the MIC executive course-course organized by the Cultural Heritage School Foundation.
INCARICHI DI COLLABORAZIONE O CONSULENZA PER FONDAZIONI, TEATRI, CASE EDITRICI, ENTI RADIOTELEVISIVI ECC., ENTI DI PRODUZIONE IN CAMPO ARTISTICO O CULTURALE IN GENERE Scientific consultant, author, and collaborator for RAI Cultura (previously, RAI Educational). Among the programs in which he participated as author of the format and / or texts or as a collaborator: Medi@Mente; Medi@Mente Encyclopedia (also as a presenter); Medi@Mente Scuola; Emilio (also as presenter); Informatics in Italy (also as a presenter); Explora Science Now!; Nautilus; Zettel; Memex; Zettel Debate; Lo stato dell’arte; Invito alla lettura; Digital World (ongoing); Laboratorio scuola (ongoing). In the period 2002-2004 he also worked as a consultant for RAI New Media. He also authored some episodes of the radio program Wikiradio (RAI RadioTre). Scientific consultant for the websites and online presence of RAI Cultura, he conceived the lesson plan builder created by RAI Scuola.
During the COVID-19 emergency, he authored and presented on behalf of RAI Cultura the Scuola@Casa program (10 episodes of introduction to distance learning), the Scuola@Casa News program (40 episodes, Moige 2020 award), the Scuola News program (35 episodes).
COLLABORATION OR CONSULTANCY FOR FOUNDATIONS, THEATERS, PUBLISHING HOUSES, BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS, AND ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION ENTITIESFounding member of the Associazione culturale Liber Liber, promotrice del progetto Manuzio;
Founding member of the Associazione Italiana per l’Informatica Umanistica e la Cultura Digitale (AIUCD);
Executive board member of the Associazione forum del libro.