Mauro Guerrini is Full Professor of Library Science at the University of Florence, president of the Open Access Technical Commission of the University of Florence and member of the open access Commission of the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI). He is president of the technical committee of Italian libraries within the Ministry of tourism and cultural heritage and activities (MiBAC). He is the director of the open access magazine «Jlis.it». He coordinates the two-year Master in Cataloguing, and is a member of the board of professors of the PhD in Library Sciences of the University of Udine and of the PhD in History of the University of Florence. He is a member of the Classification Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). He was president of the Italian Libraries Association and president of the 2009 IFLA Italian Committee. His recent publications include: Linked data per biblioteche, archivi e musei. Perché l’informazione sia del web e non solo nel web, with T. Possamato, Editrice Bibliografica, 2015 and Introduzione a RDA, il nuovo standard di catalogazione per l'era digitale, with C. Bianchini, Editrice Bibliografica, 2014.
Giovanni Mari is a former Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Florence, former president of Firenze University Press (from 2006 to 2013) and current president of the scientific committee of the magazine «Iride. Filosofia e discussione pubblica» (il Mulino); his research fields include history of ideas and, over the last few years, work philosophy. Among his most recent publications with Firenze University Press: Manuale di base di storia della filosofia, with F. Coniglione, M. Lenoci, G. Polizzi, 2009; Bruno Trentin. Lavoro, libertà, conoscenza, with A. Gramolati, 2010; Giulio Preti. Intellettuale critico e filosofo attuale, with F. Cambi, 2011; Epistemologia e soggettività. Oltre il relativismo, with F. Minazzi, M. Negro and C. Vinti (ed.), 2013.