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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 learned about the significance of preserving these artifacts that hold within them the knowledge of our past and influence on our present, I wondered if, and how, we, as a society, are currently working to preserve our developed knowledge and experiences for our future generations. Coincidentally...

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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IGS Visiting Scholar and Law Professor Kathleen Morris is looking for student volunteers to help collect data for a project called "We the Cities" (WTC). WTC will work with local governments to create teaching materials that allow young people (in and out of college) to learn the nuts and bolts of "running" local governments. The WTC project's next step is to conduct short (1 hour) interviews with 50 or so Bay Area cities and counties. WTC has developed a simple...

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, February 24.

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