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A History of Berkeley

August 4, 2025
Paul King

A History of Berkeley

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 Institute of...

LoCALDig Blog

News, stories, and updates from the California Local Government Documents digitization (LoCAL Dig) project.

Nick Norman - Making the Inaccessible Accessible

March 24, 2025
Paul King

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 creation of e-government, which provides centralized online access to many government resources, many collections remain incomplete. Historical publications are often missing from digital archives, and web content frequently changes or disappears altogether.

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Democratizing Access: The IGS Library Digitizes California Local Government Documents

February 26, 2025
Paul King

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 and explore at the Internet Archive. Find digitized documents of over 3000 (and growing) plans, policy reports, and more.

Democratizing Access: The IGS Library digitizes its archive of California local government documents

A key principle of a democratic...

Berkeleyside: IGS Library Digitization Project highlighted in Berkeley Wire

July 24, 2025

In a roundup of news happening in Berkeley, Berkelside highlights the IGS Library Local Document Digitization Project (LoCalDig): Cal’s Institute of Governmental Studies Library has now digitized more than 5,000 local government documents from across California. (UC Berkeley)

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2025/07/24/wire-berkeley-lab-director-to-retire-cit…

5000th item digitized!

July 9, 2025
Paul King

San Francisco Drug Rebellion Telecommunications in the SCAG Region...

California wildfires: documents in the California Local Government Documents digitization collection

June 2, 2025
Paul King
Hazard mitigation report for the East Bay fire in the Oakland-Berkeley hills The East Bay hills fire ...

Berkeley IGS Poll in Progress this Week (June 2 - June 9)

June 2, 2025
Berkeley IGS Poll in Progress This Week

This week the Institute of Governmental Studies will be conducting another of its periodic polls of the California public about major political and public policy issues facing the state. It is a legitimate non-partisan poll sponsored by the University that is carried out by distributing email invitations via Qualtrics to a carefully constructed random sample of the state’s registered voters. Data collection will continue through Monday, June 9.

The opinions of all survey participants will remain confidential and not be...

IGS is hiring a 2025-2026 Events and AV Student Assistant!

May 2, 2025
Ezra Bristow
Student Assistant II (This is a work-study position) Start Date: Fall 2025 Pay: $18.37/hour, approximately 8 hours per week Job Description:

The Institute of Governmental Studies is searching for a detail-oriented and technically-proficient student assistant to support the audio-visual elements of our events and programs. The Events and AV Assistant reports to the IGS Event and Communications Coordinator. This position provides event support for our classes, lectures, major events, seminars, socials,...