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!
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 I...Read more about Student Assistant Habiba Hesham Geweifal: What the Project Means to Me
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
