The Italian Digital Women's Library in the Context of Europe

摘要

In the late 1970s, a group of feminist women with a passion for political and intellectual work decided to form a new institution, public but independent. They became "Associazione Orlando" (as in Virginia Woolf's novel) and entered into negotiations with the Municipal Council of Bologna to create the "City of Bologna Women's Documentation, Research and Initiative Centre." The agreement eventually signed was a unique model of cooperation between private and public; although this model has proven to be effective, it was very controversial at that time.