Alessandra holds a MA in Medieval History and has undertaken her PdG in Archival Science, Palaeography and Diplomatics at the Archivio Segreto Vaticano. She joined the BSR in 1997 and has managed the Archive since 2002, becoming full-time in 2014. Over the past decade, she has been working on the management, conservation and presentation of the archival collections, and acquired expertise in the online presentation of digital collections with a particular focus on their long-term preservation and curation. She works on Archive research projects in liaison with colleagues and external consultants. In 2019, she began coordinating the IT function at the BSR and currently works also in this capacity in liaison with Giuseppe Pellegrino.
Alessandra is based in Rome. You can contact her at a.giovenco@bsrome.it or by telephone on +39 06 32649377.