The IGS Library is one of the nation’s major collections in public administration, public affairs, and public policy. The library holds more than 400,000 volumes and is a depository for California local government documents.
Special collections include California Reapportionment Archives and California Election Campaign Ephemera. Pamphlets and unbound reports from a broad range of public interest organizations, research institutes and government agencies are the heart of the collection, which dates from 1921.
The library’s Ballot Measure Guides help scholars and voters to understand California's initiative process, its digital collections bring local government documents to your desktop, and the library’s reference service provides assistance to the Cal community and to members of the public who have questions regarding public policy and politics.
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t by Nate Silver. Statistician Nate Silver, who writes the Five Thirty-Eight blog for the New York Times, gained widespread attention last year when some Republicans took issue with his presidential polling numbers. His new book is a look at the issues around Big Data and the importance of statistics in our increasingly data-driven world.
The Library Prize for Undergraduate Research recognizes students whose projects demonstrate use of Library collections and exemplify advanced research skills. Up to 6 Prizes are awarded annually -- $750 for lower-division and $1,000 for upper-division. Read about the Prize on the Berkeley Blog.
Applications will be accepted until April 19, 2013. Details on the Library Prize page.