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Hot Topic: 1997-98 State Revenue Estimates, Ken Joines, Jim Leuty

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The Tennessee General Assembly adopted the state budget for fiscal year 1997-98 in late May.

Hot Topic: State And Federal Reimbursement Rates For Travel, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

For those cities that elected to reimburse for travel using the Federal Reimbursement Rates, the Federal Goverrnment has increased the vehicle-cents-per-mile reimbursement rate to 31.5 cents per mile, up from 31 cents per mile in 1996.

Technical Bulletins: National Awards Programs Highlight Municipal Strengths, David Wysocki

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Numerous organizations involved in municipal assistance and advancement sponsor awards programs that recognize accomplishments in all municipal areas. This Technical Bulletin lists and describes some of those programs.

Reading Vendor Literature, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Literature from database producers and online vendors can be a helpful starting point in deciding which distributor to select for a library. However, librarians should be cautious of phrases such as 'easy to use' and 'low cost,' as well as misleading descriptions of size.

The Data Dealers: Database Marketplace’97, Carol Tenopir, Jeff Barry

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

A 1997 alphabetical listing of data base providers is presented. The most significant development in the industry is the ongoing effort of vendors to make use of the World Wide Web in distributing their products. However, online and CD-ROM still remain the basic delivery methods.

Common End User Errors, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Traditional end user mistakes include spelling errors, deviant interfaces, Boolean logic errors, and term errors. Spelling assistance should be made a standard on every search system as spelling errors are perhaps the most common errors made by all types of users.

"They Taught Us Jesus Christ And Captain Cook And Everything": Exploring Koori Identity At La Perouse, Amanda Katherine Lambert

Masters Theses

Identity politics, the social construction of identity, is a phenomenon which affects many people worldwide. Indigenous Australians, however, are unique because of their indigenous, racial, and ethnic status. The construction of Koori identity, then, has its roots in a colonial and post-colonial history of cultural and racial devastation and discrimination. At this historical moment, Koori people are voicing and identifying themselves, consequently, contesting the externally imposed dominant paradigms of their identity. This text is a study of the construction of self-construction of Koori identity at La Perouse. The overall purpose of this thesis is to explore the day-to-day meaning of …

A Test Of The Accuracy Of Facial Tissue Thickness Measurements Taken From Computed Tomography, Amy L. Schilling

Masters Theses

Computed Tomography (CT) as a source from which to gather measurements of facial tissue depth is investigated. Measurements made from the surface of the bone to the outer skin surface were taken at the landmarks used by Rhine and Campbell (1980). These distances were measured on the axial slices of the Visible Human Male anatomical data and compared to measurements taken at the same landmarks on the Visible Human Male CT taken on the frozen specimen.

While two of the measurements varied by several millimeters, no statistically significant differences were found. Locating the correct landmark on an axial image …

Debris Slide Susceptibility Analysis In The Mount Leconte-Newfound Gap Area Of The Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee And North Carolina, Joseph P. Henderson

Masters Theses

In this study, Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques are combined with statistical analyses to create two debris slide susceptibility maps of the Mount Leconte-Newfound Gap area in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSMNP). This area has experienced numerous debris slide events in the past half century. Although the area has been the subject of several mass movement studies, this is the first known application of debris slide susceptibility mapping in the GRSMNP.

The factors that influence the potential for slope failure are extremely variable, and the interrelationships between these factors are complex. Six topographic variables (slope angle, slope aspect, …

Hot Topic: Legislature Makes Significant Changes To Drug Fund, Rex Barton

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

The Legislature recently made some significant modifications to state forfeiture laws and the expenditure of drug funds. Among the changes is a requirement that the local governing body approve a budget for the "drug fund." The new changes will become effective July 1, 1997.

Learning From The Experts, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Online searching is often learned in school or through a brief workshop. However, two recent books on online searching can provide one with close to an expert training. Reva Basch's 'Secrets of the Super Searchers' and Mary Ellen Bates' 'The Online Deskbook' are two worthy releases on the subject.

Hot Topic: Three "Hot Topics" Affecting Tennessee Cities: New Vehicle Seizure Law For Dui Offenders And Driving On Revoked Driver's License; Insurance Portability And Accountability Act Of 1996; Municipal Clerk Certification Grandfather Period Repealed, Rex Barton

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Discusses three hot topics: a new vehicle seizure law for DUI offenders and for people driving on a revoked driver's license, effective January 1, 1997; the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, signed into law by President Clinton in August 1996; and the repeal of the municipal clerk certification grandfather period.

Envisioning Online Services, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Research by Prof. Ruth Palmquist of the Univ. of Texas finds that the metaphors for searching in Computer Database and Magazine Index do not always match those in Information Science Abstracts. The results are analyzed in terms of improving graphical user interface icons.

Managing Scientific Journals In A Digital Era, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Special librarians would do well to examine present trends in electronic publishing. This would guide them in the efficient management of electronically published scientific journals and the avoidance of costly mistakes in the pricing and acquisitions of such scholarly studies.

The Complexities Of Electronic Journals, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Electronic journals are available from a variety of sources with varying formats and prices. The growth of technology has produced a range of delivery mechanisms. Variations in quality and accessibility make it impractical for libraries to replace print formats with electronic journals.

Tennessee Public Acts 1997: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication summarizes the year's public acts that have the most significant impact on municipal operations. Users of this publication are cautioned that much judgment is involved in determining which Public Acts to summarize and how to summarize them. Before taking action or giving advice based upon any Public Act summarized here, one should consult the act itself and not rely on the summary.

Technical Bulletins: Incorporation: Things To Consider Before And After, Pat Hardy

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This document is intended to address the process of incorporation under the mayor-aldermanic charter. However, if you are considering incorporation, you would be wise to look at incorporating under one of the other general law charters such as the city manager-commission charter - one of the other charters may better fit your area's needs.

Secular Change And Allometry In The Long Limb Bones Of Americans From The Mid 1700s Through The 1970s, Lee Meadows Jantz

Doctoral Dissertations

Secular change has long been of interest to researchers in fields ranging from human growth to human identification. In addition to changes in size, changes in limb bone proportions may also have occurred.

Secular change in size and limb bone length proportion was investigated in five U.S. skeletal samples (Total N =2700) with dates of birth ranging from mid 1700 to 1970s. The six long bones are measured for maximum lengths, and stature is known for a approximately 2000 individuals. The goals of this study include 1) examining any changes in the long bones and stature of white and black …

Getting To Know And Maybe Love Your Municipal Charter, Sid Hemsley

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Explains what a charter is, what it does, and how it may be changed.

Technical Bulletins: The Telecommunications Act Of 1996 And Its Impact On Tennessee Cities, Jim Finane

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The Telecommunications Act of 1996, passed by Congress and signed by the president in February, rewrote the country's basic telecommunications law. It was drafted and passed in response to a rapidly changing telecommunications environment and the convergence of traditional local and long-distance telephone service, wireless telephones, and cable and broadcast television.

Trends In End User Searching, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Tenopir notes that five major end user trends have emerged this year: web versions, end user systems through the library, integration of information sources, the rethinking of proprietary software solutions, and specialized focus/customized products.

A Study Of Histological Aging Of The Human Clavicle, Nikki L. Rogers

Masters Theses

This study attempted to augment the Stout and Paine (1992) and Stout and colleagues' (1996) methods of histological aging for the clavicle. In the 1992 study, the predictive equation was generated from a sample of only 40 individuals taken from an autopsy population (mean ages 28.6 years) with no prior sampling strategy. The 1996 expansion (Stout et al., 1996) tested the 1992 equation, added 41 males and 42 females from a Swiss cemetery sample to the original autopsy sample to generate a new predictive equation based on all 123 individuals.

In this study, an independent autopsy population was used to …

Patient Satisfaction With Spiritist Healing In Brazil, Darrell William Lynch

Masters Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to assess patient satisfaction with Spiritist healing in Brazil. The data utilized consist of forty personal interviews of Spiritist patients conducted by the author during a seven month stay in Brazil. The study focuses primarily on the outcomes of the surgeries of Dr. Fritz, a well known Spiritist healer in Brazil, as seen from the point of view of the patients. The study finds that a clear majority of the patients expressed belief that their treatments were successful. This is particularly impressive in view of the fact that a majority of the patients had …

An Ecological Assessment Of Wetland Mitigation Projects In East Tennessee, Kim Pilarski

Masters Theses

Federal wetland protection regulations stipulate that developers who destroy natural wetlands are required to construct mitigation or replacement wetlands. Despite the frequency of wetland mitigation, few studies have evaluated the ability of mitigated wetlands to mimic the ecological function and community composition of natural wetlands. Fewer still compare mitigation sites with existing natural wetlands in the same ecological region.

Studies from other freshwater habitats suggest that comparisons of the ratios of functional feeding groups (FFGs) of benthic macroinvertebrates (i.e., shredders, scrapers, collectors, predators) may provide useful information about the ability of mitigated wetlands to mimic the ecological functions of natural …

The Evolving Database Marketplace, Jeff Barry, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Initially propelled by online searching and CD-ROM networking, and now given added momentum by the Internet, electronic reference resources are changing the way librarians provide reference service. Library users are accessing traditional citation and abstract databases with greater ease and efficacy than before, thanks to more consistent and friendlier interfaces and the integration of full text and graphics.

How fundamental are the changes to library reference services? According to LJ's 1996 Reference Survey, librarians estimate that in the next three years their CD-ROM reference sources will grow by 51 percent and their online sources by 43 percent, vs. fairly …

Stimulus, Vol. 20, No. 1, Ut College Of Social Work

Stimulus Alumni Newsletter

No abstract provided.

What’S New With Umi?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses the status of UMI in November 1996. The history of UMI; UMI's launching of the ProQuest Direct online service; UMI's acquisition of DataTimes in September 1996; UMI's production of CD-ROM; UMI's PowerPages systems; How UMI provides full-text service; UMI's collaboration with the H.W. Wilson Company; Opinions on the future of indexing; The future of UMI.

Has Online Made Cd-Rom Obsolete?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Debates the longevity of CD-ROM with the rise of commercial online services and the Internet. Ways to measure the growth of the CD-ROM industry; What's available on CD-ROM; The introduction of DVD (digital videodiscs); When to use CD-ROM and when to use online services; Measurement on how long CD-ROM will still be used.

Hot Topic: New Minimum Wage Set, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

President Bill Clinton signed into law the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996. The bill contains several amendments affecting government employees. Among them are the Minimum Wage Increase Act of 1996 and the Fair Labor Standards Act Amendment of 1996. (FLSA) The Small Business Job Protection Act also provides an extension of the Employer-Provided Educational Assistance Programs.

The Struggle For Knowledge: The Case Of Emergent Oromo Studies, Asafa Jalata

Sociology Publications and Other Works

Taking the Oromo as historical actors, the emergent Oromo studies identify some deficiencies of "Ethiopian studies" that primarily focus on the Amhara and Tigray ethnic groups and their rulers, and ignore the history of the Oromo people. Many Ethiopian and Ethiopianist scholars do not recognize the positive cultural achievements of this people.' With their colonization and incorporation into Ethiopia, the Oromo could not develop independent institutions that would allow them to produce and disseminate their historical knowledge freely. Currently, they are fighting for national self-determination: to regain their political freedom and rebuild independent institutions.