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Associated professor in History of Book and Libraries, as well as Bibliography and Library Sciences, he is head of CERB, the University of Bologna Research Center in Bibliography. He is interested in the history of books and publishing, in addition to other aspects of library science, including the theory of library catalogues, the management of special collectionsand preservation, in all types of libraries. Among his research topics are early printed books, especially the ones published by Aldo Manuzio, the genesis of the works by Leon Battista Alberti, as well as the benedectine libraries and the relationship between the Jesuits and books. He is studying also the relationship between the Italian poet Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912) and his publishers. He is member of the Deputazione di storia patria per le antiche province modenesi, the Deputazione di storia patria per le province di Romagna, the Accademia Pascoliana, the SEMYR and the Bibliographical Society, London.