IGS Library

CA Local Documents Digitization Project

Project Description

In the Summer of 2024, the IGS Library (IGSL) kicked off its multi-year California Local Government Documents digitization (LoCAL Dig) project.

IGSL in collaboration with the California State Library (CSL), UCLA Young Research Library (UCLA), and in partnership with the Internet Archive (IA), has launched the LoCAL Dig Project, a groundbreaking effort funded by the State of California. This multi-year effort aims to digitize over...

Paul King

Library Supervisor and PPIC Coordinator, LoCALDig Outreach and Promotion
Institute of Governmental Studies Library
IGS Library Local Government Digitization Project
Paul King is the Circulation Supervisor and PPIC Coordinator for the Institute of Governmental Studies Library. In addition, he serves as reference staff and a technical services professional. Paul studied political science at Evergreen College in Olympia, WA.

Kathryn Stine

Digitization Project Planner
Institute of Governmental Studies Library
IGS Library Local Government Digitization Project

Kathryn joins the Institute of Governmental Studies Library (IGSL) Team as the Digitization Project Planner. Kathryn will be responsible for and instrumental in developing the IGS Library's California local government documents digitization project plan, for which IGS received state funding to undertake.

Kathryn comes to IGSL with more than 15 years of experience managing library digitization and digital access initiatives, as well as archives and special collections processing and programs. She has extensive metadata and collection analysis skills, which are...

Savannah Dewberry

Internet Archive, Scribe Technician
IGS Library Local Government Digitization Project

Jordan Gerner

Government Information Collection and Circulation Specialist, LoCALDig Digitization Operations Lead, Metadata and Copy Cataloging
Institute of Governmental Studies Library
IGS Library Local Government Digitization Project

Jordan Gerner is the Government Information Collection and Circulation Specialist at the IGS Library. Jordan manages circulation and processes and catalogs archival materials. He also assists with the Library's local government digitization project. Jordan has a BA in film studies from the Academy of Art in San Francisco.

Elizabeth MacLeod

Internet Archive, Senior Manager of Satellite Digitization Services
IGS Library Local Government Digitization Project

Library

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.

Project Staff

Kris Kasianovitz, IGSL Library Director - Project Sponsor and Project Curator Kathryn Stine, IGSL Digitization Project Planner, Project Planner/Manager Paul King, IGSL Library Supervisor, Digitization Operations Manager Robert Toyama, IGSL Cataloger, Cataloging/Metadata Lead Jordan Gerner, IGSL Collection and Circulation Specialist - Digitization Operations Lead, Metadata and Copy Cataloging Elizabeth MacLeod, Internet Archive, Senior Manager of Satellite Digitization Services Nick Norman, Internet Archive, Scribe Technician Savannah Dewberry, Internet Archive Scribe Technician

Robert Toyama

IGSL Cataloger, Cataloging/Metadata Lead
Institute of Governmental Studies Library
IGS Library Local Government Digitization Project

Robert Toyama is the IGS Library’s part-time cataloger. He is responsible for creating metadata and bibliographic records to make the library’s collections discoverable in UC Library Search. He is also the Cataloging Coordinator at the Ethnic Studies Library, processing library materials for the Asian...

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...