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.

Hours: Monday through Thursday, 1pm-5pm. Closed weekends.

Special hours on September 27: 2pm to 5pm.

Library staff are available for research and reference help via phone, email, or video chat. Please contact us at igsl [at] berkeley.edu with questions or to schedule a virtual appointment.

Note: Please allow at least a week for requests for items from NRLF (offsite storage) to arrive at IGSL. NRLF is shipping only twice a week to campus during fall semester.

Ballot Measure Guides and Endorsement Tables

Access, Reserves, Interlibrary Loan

Special Collections

California Local Government Documents

Find it in the catalog!

The IGS Library collection includes books, serials, and ephemeral material dating back to the early 1900s.

UC Library Search includes records for items cataloged at IGSL since 1983.

Material from before the early 1980s can be found through our subject book catalog (1918-77), subject card catalog (1978-83), and author card catalog (1918-83).

Events

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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.

Cal-in-Sac Information Session

Post Mortem: Should The Recall be Recalled Or Reformed?

Democracy Camp Information Session