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The California Local Government Documents...Read more about IGS Library Corner – Spring-Summer 2026 Recap

My role as a Digitization Technician here at IGSL involves manually digitizing local government documents page by page. At face value, government documents might appear trivial to the untrained eye, but in working with our collection I have been struck by the idea that all the little...Read more about Rails Across the Bay: Exploring a Forgotten Transportation Future

The IGS Library (IGSL) has made remarkable progress in its multi...Read more about The Library Corner - Fall 2025 Recap Edition

Welcome back to another dive into California's local history!

If you've been following our blog on the CA Local Documents Digitization Project website, you know that the...Read more about A History of Berkeley

The Institute of Governmental Studies Library (IGSL) at UC Berkeley has reached a remarkable achievement: more than 5,000 local government documents from across California have been digitized and made freely accessible to the public!

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California has become the epicenter of wildfire devastation, with recent years marked by unprecedented destruction and loss of life. The state now...Read more about California wildfires: documents in the California Local Government Documents digitization collection

I initially encountered the IGS Student Library Assistant position during my study abroad program in Morocco. Through this program, I visited al-Qarawiyyin, the oldest standing library in the world, and had the opportunity to explore preserved books dating centuries before us. As...Read more about Student Assistant Habiba Hesham Geweifal

In an era where digital access to information is more crucial than ever, the IGS Library’s California Local Government Documents Collection (LoCALDig) project plays a vital role in making previously unavailable government information accessible. While the internet has enabled the...Read more about Nick Norman - Making the Inaccessible Accessible

The California Local Government Documents Collection (LoCALDig) is live! This new collection from the Institute of Governmental Studies Library (IGSL) is now available to search...Read more about Democratizing Access: The IGS Library Digitizes California Local Government Documents

The IGS Library (IGSL) kicked off its multi-year California Local Government Documents digitization project in earnest this Summer! With funding from the State of California, and...Read more about The Library Corner - Fall 2024 Edition

Did you know that IGS Library historical materials collected before 1983 are not readily discoverable in UC Library Search, the UC library catalog??

In addition to policy reports, pamphlets, books and journals, the...Read more about The Library Corner - Spring 2024 Edition

Seated L to R: Robert Toyama (Cataloger) and Jordan Gerner (Circulation Supervisor)

Back Row L to R: Kris Kasianovitz (Library Director), Paul King (Library Supervisor), Andrew...Read more about The Library Corner - Summer 2023 Edition

BIMI Cultures in Community Mural @ the IGS Library!

The IGS Library is so pleased to partner with the ...Read more about The Library Corner - Spring 2023 Edition

Need a warm and welcoming space to study? The IGS Library is OPEN!

Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm.

Staff are available to assist with access...Read more about The Library Corner - Fall 2022 Edition