Hi Everyone -
I just wanted to send an e-mail to invite you and your staffs to the
Department of the Interior Library on Wednesday, June 3rd from 10:00 am
to noon for a free DOI Library Training Session, "Compiling a Federal
Legislative History: A Step-by-Step Example"
In order to find the legislative intent of a bill or public law,
researchers need to compile reports, testimony, debate, and other
materials related to that piece of legislation to find keys as to what
Congress hoped to accomplish by passing this bill. The final
compilation of all these materials provides the researcher with a
complete "legislative history" of the bill or law in question and
hopefully will answer the question of what Congress intended with this
legislation.
Those interested in learning the process involved in compiling an
official federal legislative history will find this program invaluable.
A specific Public Law will be the focus of a step-by-step piecing
together of a legislative history, using print resources such as the
U.S. Statutes at Large, Congressional Record, and U.S. Congressional
Serial Set. Online sources of federal legislative history information
will also be highlighted. This program will be conducted by DOI Law
Librarian Maureen Booth and Reference Librarian Shyamalika Ghoshal.
All that are interested are invited. The DOI Library is located in the
Main Interior Building, located at 1849 C Street, NW, Room 1151 in
Washington. Space is limited so please contact the Library by phone at
(202) 208-5815 or by e-mail at [log in to unmask] to let us know you will
be coming. For more information about future DOI Library Training
Sessions, we encourage you to visit our Training Sessions website at
http://library.doi.gov/programs/training/index.html .
We hope to see you here on June 3rd!
George Franchois
Coordinator of Library Services
U.S. Dept. of the Interior Library
1849 C Street, NW, MS 1151
Washington, DC 20240
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Phone: (202) 208-3796
Fax: (202) 208-6773
URL: http://library.doi.gov
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