4th European Feminist Research Conference
4a Conferenza Europea di Ricerca Femminista


Marzia Vaccari

University of Bologna

Technologist. In charge at the Center of Computer of the Faculty of Economy (University of Bologna)

marzia.vaccari@unibo.it
vaccari@orlando.women.it

italian version CV

Technologist. In charge at the Center of Computer of the Faculty of Economy (University of Bologna), since 1993 I have been involved in the relationship between women and ICT from different viewpoints including theorization, implementation and training. Since many year I have been running the informatics area of the "Center of Women's Documentation and Research" in Bologna, arisen from my idea of creating a "Women Server (Server Donne)" and from a project called "Voci, Visioni e Azioni di Donne" implemented by "Orlando" Association of which I am a member. Usually I take part in meetings, congresses and seminars with papers on the spreading of the new technologies of communication and information, in the field of public administation and on the relation between women and use of technologies such as informatics and telematics.



Education

1987 Laurea in Scienze Politiche, University of Bologna with two supplementary exams: "Numerical calculation and electronic programming" with professor Galligani (Mathematics) and "Principles and techniques of data processing applications" with professor Matteuzzi ( Economy and Commerce).
Since 1985 I have been taking part in the following courses and seminars: Management and Control VMS for System Manager, Data Communication and Processor Networks, Installation, Configuration and Management of Network, Management of Vax/cluster, Computer Systems and Networks, Basis of RDB/vms at Digital Equipment (Roma), Basis of Data Base Management RDB/VMS at Digital Equipment (Rome), Basis of SAS system at SAS Institute (Roma).
Management and Control of Server NT for System Manager (at Progel, Bologna); Management and Control of Server Unix for System Manager and Management of Netscape Comunication Server at SUN Microsystem (Milano).
Qualifications: Since 1985 I am in charge as Functionary of Data Processing Area, at the University of Bologna, General Services of the Faculty of Economy.

Appointments

Since 1985 I have been in charge at the "Center of Computer "of the Faculty of Economy (University of Bologna), and since 1990 in charge of the network branch "ALMANET" (Faculty of Humane Studies of the University of Bologna - via Zamboni) which includes up to now more than 800 nodes.
1986-1989 I cooperated with the team of data analisys (GAD) of the Faculty of Humane Studies of the University of Bologna in order to create the ISTAT Data Bank at CINECA.
1989-1994 appointed by the manager of the "Centre of the Inter-faculty Libreries" I cooperated to the studies of viability of the applicatives for the libraries'services of the University of Bologna and to test the prototypes for the creation of the automatized library system of the same University, in this context I implemented the sharing on line of Data Banks on CD-ROM, on this subject I wrote some articles for specialized magazines and I took part as speaker to a number of Seminars and Meetings on the matter.
January 1995 project to put in network the Vatican Library (Roma).
March 1995 project of computerization and Messa in Rete of the Antitrust Study Center (Roma).
January 1996 E-mail project for the University administration by means of hardware and softeware architecture and staff training.
March 1996 project and implementation of a new ATM network of the Faculties located in the area called Zamboni SX (Economy, Training Science, Statistics and Arts).
Since 1993 I ave been taking part in a project called " Women's National Library" created by the "Centre of Women's Documentation and Research" of Bologna, concerning the study of viability of the project, the implementation of the automatization of the Library and its Internet puting in network.
Generally speaking I took part in several projects concerning the arrangement of electronic communication services and information systems of both companies and public bodies (e.g. the project for the University called: "Information systems for the local didactics at distance" which started in 1993). I have been engaged and I am currently working at the implementation of the World Wide Web of the Faculties of Economy, Politic Science, Foreign Languages, Training Science and Arts.

Vocational Training Activity 

Since 1994 I have been running several training projects (with regard to the aspects of planning and training courses).

Training activity within the "Women's Study "and " Women's Empowerment".
Telematics and Net Browser Internet (Netscape, E.Mail as Eudora, Net Searching as AltaVista, Yahoo, Excite.). Implementation of information flows (creation of HTML pages and planning of HYPERTEXT, use of bibliographic services on line).
Basic informatics and use of the chief application packages (word processor, WINWORD, spreadsheets, EXCEL and LOTUS and data base - DBIII and ACCESS).

Since 1989 I have been carrying out a general training activity concerning basic informatics, use of the main application packages, telematics and use of Internet.