The Labor and Industrial Relations (LIR) Library is located on the third floor of the West Wing in the Main Library and is open to the public. It consists of a non-circulating LIR Reference Collection on site, with access to the rest of the University Libraries’ system. Established in 1957, it is jointly funded and administered by the School of Labor and Industrial Relations and the MSU Libraries.
Areas of strength in the LIR Reference Collection include labor and employment law, and grievance arbitration. There are also several information reporters and loose-leaf services for LR/HR information.
Unique among its holdings is the Michigan Public Sector Agreement Collection. In 1972 the LIR Library was designated by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC) to be the repository for Michigan public sector agreements. The current agreements are in the LIR Library and superseded agreements are in the University Archives.
The LIR Library is also the designated repository for MERC public sector fact-finding reports, and the police and fire compulsory interest arbitration awards provided for by Public Act 312 (1969). The catalog of MSU’s holdings of these reports and awards is now available as a searchable web-based database at http://turf.lib.msu.edu/awards/ The reports and awards also have the full text available online in pdf format.