Last week at the meeting of the Midwest Archives Conference, David McCartney, University Archivist, was elected as the chair of the University Archivists Group of the CIC (Committee on Institional Cooperation). This group consults and collaborates on the issues and best practices related to the tasks of gathering, organizing, preserving, and providing access to the official records of these major research universities.

As Chair, McCartney is responsible for leading discussions of the major issues facing university archives such as digitization efforts, collection description standards and changing technologies. One initiative currently underway is the exploration of enterprise-wide solutions to preserve born-digital documents and university publications. The CIC archivists and public information officers will be working together to develop solutions.

A three-year appointment, McCartney will hold the position until 2011.