Notable Documents Awards

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July 24, 2003

NCSL Librarian Staff Section Honors Excellent Government Documents

SAN FRANCISCO - Eight research reports have been 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 staff section presented its Notable Document Awards at NCSL's 29^th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Eight reports from four states were selected. They are:

In the category of Public Policy report:

Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center, for Planning for the Future: Findings from Research on the Commonwealth's Current and Coming Retirees. Read the report at: www.kltprc.net/books/aging/aging.pdf.
Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center, for Road Ahead: Uncertainty and Opportunity in a Changed World. Read the report at: www.kltprc.net/books/2002trends/2002trends.pdf.
Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, for Natural Resources Status Report. Read the report at: http://dcnr.nv.gov.

In the category of Citizen Guide:

Montana Environmental Quality Council, for Electricity Law Handbook: A Montanan's Guide to Understanding Electricity. Read the guide at: www.leg.state.mt.us/content/publications/lepo/2002energylaw.pdf

In the category of Legislator's Guide:

Montana Legislative Fiscal Division, for Understanding State Finances and the Budgeting Process: A Reference Manual for Legislators. Read the report at: www.leg.state.mt.us/
content/publications/fiscal/leg_reference/legislator_training_manual.pdf
Montana Legislative Services Division, for Legislator's Handbook. Read the report: www.leg.state.mt.us/css/publications/research/information/legislator_
handbook_2003.asp

In the category of Serial Report:

Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, for Briefing Paper Series: Future of Highway Funding; Medicaid Spending; Controlling Costs: No Simple Solutions to Complex Issues; Senate Confirmation of Judicial Appointments; Tax Primer. Read the reports at: www.le.state.ut.us/lrgc/briefingpapers.pdf

In the category of Redistricting and Reapportionment:

Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel for Demographic Profile of Legislative Districts. Read the report at: www.le.utah.gov/Documents/publications.htm

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.

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