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Legislative Research Librarians

Notable Document Awards

Boston  - Ten research reports were honored by a staff section of the National Conference of State Legislatures for their excellence in exploring topics of contemporary interest to legislators and staff. NCSL's Legislative Research Librarian (LRL) staff section presented its Notable Document Awards at NCSL's 33^nd Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Nine reports from five states were selected. 

They are:

CITIZEN’S GUIDE

• Water Rights in Montana
  (Montana Legislative Environmental Quality Council)

FISCAL SERIES

• Profiles of Montana State Agencies
  (Montana Legislative Fiscal Division)

LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED

• Split Estates: The Relationship Between Surface and Minerals
  (Montana Legislative Environmental Quality Council)

• Use of Average Daily Attendance in Public Education Funding
  (Idaho Office of Performance Evaluations)

LEGISLATOR’S GUIDE

• Tax Relief & Reform: What Does It Mean to Taxpayers?
  (Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel)

PUBLIC POLICY

• Delaying Necessities, Denying Needs
  (New York State Assembly Committee on Oversight, Analysis and Investigation)

• The Road to Privatization: Implications of Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Projects
  (Maryland General Assembly, Department of Legislative Services, Office of Policy Analysis)

STATE COMPARISONS

• An Overview of California’s Low Emission Vehicle Program and Efforts to Implement It in Maryland and Other States
  (Maryland General Assembly, Department of Legislative Services, Office of Policy Analysis)
• -The Road to Electric Restructuring in Maryland
  (Maryland General Assembly, Department of Legislative Services, Office of Policy Analysis)
  

A "document" for purposes of this award were defined as one produced by a federal, state, or local government agency, by a foundation, consulting firm, or quasi-public or private sector non-profit organization. Format includes print, microfilm, CD-ROM, periodical/serial, or URL.

The Legislative Research Librarians staff section, one of NCSL's eleven professional staff organizations, was established to promote effective information retrieval techniques for legislative libraries; to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas relating to legislative information, operations, and procedures in the states; and to enhance the professionalism of the members.

Composed primarily of librarians and information specialists in legislative agencies, the section sponsors an extensive schedule of programs at the NCSL Annual Meeting and the Annual Professional Development Seminar. Each of these meetings focuses on current developments in information management, information technology and legislative research. 

Special thanks to this year's judges:

• Lisa Mecklenberg Jackson,  Montana Legislative Branch
  Chair of the Notable Documents Committee
• Carol Blackburn, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
• Sabah Eltareb, California State Library
• Kristin Ford, Idaho Legislative Library
• Ingrid Hernquist, New Jersey Legislative Services Library
• Elizabeth Lincoln, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library