Dr. Rhonda Schwartz to Present at MAALL Meeting

34th Annual MAALL Meeting, Show Me the Past - Imagine the Future
October 15-17
University of Missouri School of Law Library
Columbia, Missouri

Dr. Rhonda Schwartz will be presenting at the 34th Annual Mid America Association of Law Libraries (MAALL) Meeting on Friday, October 16, in Columbia, Missouri. She will be presenting on North Dakota Legislative History research, and moderating the panel, Gathering the Documents & (Perhaps) Discovering Legislative Intent: State Legislative History Research.

Description of the panel from the MAALL site:

"Whether you are gathering various documents (e.g., committee reports, transcripts of hearings, entries in House or Senate Journals) to compile a legislative history or are examining the content of those documents hoping to discern "legislative intent," the process of legislative history can be compelling to those interested in examining the past (and imagining the future!). Historically, there were often few state (as opposed to federal) legislative history documents readily available to examine. Various state digitization projects, however, have helped to improve availability and accessibility. Presentations on a variety of state legislative history research processes will be followed by a general discussion."