Michele Reid, dean of libraries, has announced Michael J. Robinson has been named director of the Institute for Regional Studies and University Archives. Robinson succeeds John Bye, who retired Nov. 4.

“Mike brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Archives director position. Please join me in congratulating him on his well-deserved promotion,” Reid said. “He will be joining the senior librarians, and also play a crucial part in implementing new archives services and facilitating new collaborations with faculty and other university departments.”

Robinson joined NDSU in 1996 as an archivist and the coordinator of the University Archives. He also served as interim records management coordinator in 2008-09. In addition, he has taught Archival Theory and Practice for the NDSU history department since 1997, and supervised various student field experiences.

Robinson has held numerous library and university committee assignments, presented histories of NDAC/SU, administered the University Archives Flickr site and has been the adviser to NDSU’s chapter of the Delta Upsilon fraternity since 2005.

“I am very excited about being given this opportunity and look forward to continuing to collect, process and make available the rich historical materials of the Institute for Regional Studies and the University Archives to students, faculty and scholars,” Robinson said.

Prior to coming to NDSU, he was the project and processing archivist for the Town of Hempstead, N.Y. Robinson earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Ripon College, his master’s degree in student personnel administration at Indiana University and a master’s degree in library science and certificate of advanced study in archival management from Long Island University.