Brunella Longo

Technologist and Writer
Academic writer, Educational writer, Health writer, Non-fiction writer, Photographer, Poet, Short fiction writer
Available for:
Collaboration, Judging, Reader reports

Brunella Longo, Technologist and Writer,  has pioneered many innovations in information science and information management, sharing original ideas and lessons learned through projects documentation, technical papers, books, articles, training and e-learning courses, before writing fiction and non-fiction  books on autoimmune diseases and knowledge management, including “Source. Poems about homelessness”, “The Blind Spot. Adverse Childhood Experiences and autoimmune diseases. Short Stories” and “The Sicca Messenger” (2025). 

Her recent non-fiction and hybrid titles include “Book Publishing and the Internet” on this sector of the creative industries (2023), the pamphlet “The end of freedom (to write what you want): A short trip into the world of online influence powered by AI and crip autotheory” (2025), the collection of articles “Knowledge Changes” on data, knowledge and change management, previously published as “icm2re [I Changed My Mind Reviewing Everything]” (2012-2022).

Recent fiction and non-fiction titles:

  • Forthcoming 2025 [Book, ebook] The Sicca Messenger, on knowledge management and autoimmune diseases 

  • 2025 [Book] The Blind Spot. Adverse Childhood Experiences and autoimmune diseases. Short Stories.

    These stories are also available as single Kindle ebook editions:

    • The Burn
    • The Lazy Eye
    • The Phantom Tonsils
    • Men with Sjögren’s  (including Schirmer’s Test For A Man and The Blind Spot)
    • The surgeon with the parakeets and the lost appendix
    • The Sun’s Kisses
    • Penicillin Power and The Patch
    • Teeth Of Love
    • The Gory Twins
    • A Casual Lymph and  The Missed Abortion
    • Sinéad And The Sound of My Heart 

 

  • 2025 [Book, ebook] Source. Poems About Homelessness
  • 2025 [Pamphlet,  ebook] The end of freedom (to write what you want): A short trip into the world of online influence powered by AI and crip autotheory
  • 2023 [Book, ebook] Knowledge Changes on data, knowledge and change management. Previously published as icm2re [I Changed My Mind Reviewing Everything], an online publication 2012-2021 
  • 2023 [Book, ebook] Book Publishing and the Internet on  this sector of the creative industries 
  • 2022 [Book, ebook] La nuova editoria vent’anni dopo. Italian version of Book Publishing and the Internet
  • 2022 [Book, ebook] The Unfindable Explained about cyber security and information avoidance 
  • 2021 [Book Review] Johanna Drucker. 2021. The Digital Humanities Coursebook. An Introduction to Digital Methods for Research and Scholarship. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, in “Umanistica Digitale”, 5(11), 231–234. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2532-8816/13808
  • 2021 [Book Review] Patrov, A., Database Internals. O′Reilly, 2019, in “Biblioteche oggi”, 2021, Novembre, p. 60-64
  • 2021 [Book Review] McKitterick, D., The invention of rare books, in “Biblioteche oggi”, Settembre, p. 68-69
  • 2021 [Book Review] Howsam, L., Vecchi libri e nuove storie, in “AIB Studi”, n.1

Older  works 

  • 2013 [Article] Learning on the wires, inLegal Information Management”, Cambridge University Press, 13, n. 2, p. 119-123
  • 2012 [Book Review] Charaudeau, P., Les médias et l’information. 2nd. éd. rev et augm, in “LIBER Quarterly”, 22(3). https://doi.org/10.18352/lq.8166
  • 2012 [Book Review] Arpegian, N., La cybersécurité, in “Biblioteche oggi”, 2012, n.8, p. 79
  • 2004 [Article] Il metodo delle competenze, in “Biblioteche oggi”, 22 (2004), n. 1, p. 7-22
  • 2004 [Article] Le competenze del cybrarian, in “Biblioteche oggi”, 22 (2004), n. 3, p.13-21
  • 2004 [Article] La percezione della qualità dell’e-learning da parte dei formatori, in “FOR. Rivista per la formazione”, n. 60, luglio-settembre 2004, p. 80-88
  • 2001 [Book] La nuova editoria. Milano, Editrice Bibliografica
  • 2001 [Book chapter] Raccogliere informazioni, in: Manager on line, a cura di G. De Michelis, Il Sole 24 Ore Management
  • 2001 [Article] How a Librarian Can Live Nine Lives, in “Computers in Libraries”, 21 (2001), n. 10, 40-43
  • 2001 [Article] I servizi di reference nell’era dell’accesso, in “Biblioteche Oggi”, 19 (2001), n. 3, p. 42-58
  • 1999 [Book Review] Shapiro, C. and Varian, H.R., Information Rules, in “Scienza & Business”, 1 (1999), n. 3-4, p. 106
  • 1997 [Articles] Le cybercomiche: Qfwfq e Cpzyt on line. Rubrica-racconto a puntate su internet e il commercio elettronico liberamente ispirata dai personaggi di Italo Calvino, in “Media Forum”. 
  • 1996 [Article] International Online Information Meeting, Sessione Italiana. I professionisti dell’informazione nel ciclone Internet, Londra, dicembre 1996. In: “AIDA informazioni”, 15(1997), n.3, p. 9-14
  • 1993 [Book] Banca Dati. Roma, Associazione Italiana Biblioteche
  • 1993 [Article] Gian Babbeo e le banche dati: appunti sul metodo della ricerca in linea, in “Biblioteche oggi”, 11 (1993), n. 2
  • 1984 [Article] Biblioteche comunali e sezioni di storia locale: la proposta del sistema bibliotecario cremonese, in “Provincia Nuova: trimestrale dell’Amministrazione Provinciale di Cremona”, 14 (1984), n. 2-3, p. 42-51
  • 1983 [Book] Le basi dell’automazione in biblioteca. Milano, Editrice Bibliografica