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Responsibilities Of Online Educators, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Employers complain that recently trained online searchers are not sufficiently selective in using printing or downloading options. Students need more supervised instruction in economical searching strategies.

Eight Tips For Cost-Effective Searching, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Eight tips for librarians for cost-effective online searching, some specific to one system and some more general, are presented. One suggestion is to use multiple search features.

Technical Bulletins: Public Meeting, Open Record Laws, Mark Pullen

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses the Tennessee Public Meeting Law - better known as the Sunshine Law. The law (Tennessee Code Annotated 8-44-101--106) provides that "all meetings of any governing body are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times, except as provided in the Tennessee Constitution."

Ethics For Online Educators, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses ethical concerns with database instruction, including compliance with system contract provisions, product/service selection, instructor competence with different systems, and instructor obligations to instill a sense of ethical practices in students.

Technical Bulletins: Veterans Re-Employment Rights, Leslie Shechter

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses the Federal Veterans Reemployment Rights Law (VRR), under which a person leaving a civilian job, voluntarily or involuntarily, to enter active duty in the Armed Forces, has a right to return to that job after discharge, if that person meets a given set of criteria.

Cd-Rom Best Sellers Lists, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Lists of best-selling CD-ROMs are not useful in buying CD-ROMs for library use. A better approach is to buy products that receive the best reviews or that are in the most demand in libraries.

General Fixed Asset Accounting, Dick Phebus

MTAS History

A MUNICIPALITY'S FIXED ASSETS are tangible assets bought or obtained through past transactions or events. They include buildings, equipment, improvements other than buildings, and land. In the private sector, these assets are generally referred to as property, plant, and equipment.

Stimulus Vol. 16, No. 2, Ut College Of Social Work

Stimulus Alumni Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Technical Bulletins: Improving Financial Responsibility Through Budget Amendment Control, Ken Joines

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information intended to help city councils and their individual members be more financially responsible. Included is a sample ordinance that establishes a requirement that any additional expenditures resulting from an amendment to a city's budget must be accompanied by a resolution identifying a corresponding increase in income and/or expenditure reduction.

Crying Women: An Investigation Of The Lived Experience Of Women With And Without Cancer, Jean W. Hunt

Doctoral Dissertations

This study attempts a more holistic perspective on cancer and the emotions than previous research which has tended to focus on either biological, psychological or social aspects individually. Crying was chosen as an aspect of human existence which simultaneously implicates biological, psychological and social aspects of being human. Over a 30-day period, frequency and intensity of crying behavior was tracked in a group of 27 women with cancer and 22 women without. Women in this study ranged from 20 to 69 years of age. Among women with cancer, fifteen were participants in therapist facilitated psychosocial support groups and eleven were …

A Qualitative Study Of First-Person Accounts Of Living With A Stutter, Peter James Columbus

Doctoral Dissertations

Eight males and four females who stutter were interviewed regarding their everyday life experiences with stuttering. The interviews were analyzed using a qualitative, intuitive/inductive method. Results revealed four major experimental themes: The Burden of Stuttering, Living with Difference, Living with Constraints, and Negotiating Life. The Burden of Stuttering theme refers to the participant's experience of the effort involved in discoordinated speech, contending with interactional order between self and other, effectively communicating spoken messages, and their uncertainty about the occurrence of stuttering and listener reactions to it. Living with Difference refers to experiences of dissimilarity between self and fluent speaking others; …

Managing Your Utility's Money: The Participant's Manual, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Managing Your Utility's Money: The Trainer's Manual, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Determining Wastewater User Service Charge Rates, Haig Farmer, William J. Finane Jr., Sharon H. Fitzgerald

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Good financial management is a critical part of all wastewater operations. It allows you to establish the user service charge rates necessary to keep your utility financially healthy and running smoothly. This publication was designed to help small to medium-sized wastewater utility operations decide how much they should be charging their residential, commercial, and industrial customers for wastewater services. It includes a Lotus 1-2-3 computer model program and manual procedures to help you calculate specific values for your system's user service charges. [The computer program referenced throughout this document is not available.]

Text Retrieval Software For Microcomputers And Beyond: An Overview And A Review Of Four Packages., Gerald W. Lundeen, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Software for textual files have seen active development in the last few years as the need for such packages grows. An in-depth review is made of 4 such packages: 1. Concordance, from Dataflight Software, 2. Concept Finder, from MUMPS Medical Information Management Systems Inc., 3. Personal Librarian, from Personal Library Software, and 4. Topic, from Verity Inc. Concordance is an easy-to-use package with a well-designed user interface. It offers the standard search features needed for text retrieval and includes integrated editing features and a report writer. Concept Finder's strength is in its multifile capabilities and control over data. Complex relationships …

A Functional Analysis Of The Lithic Material From Burrone Scierra I (Calabria, Italy), Maureen A. Hays

Masters Theses

The purpose of this research is to investigate several aspects of function within Mousterian assemblages by performing an analysis of artifacts from Burrone Scierra I, a site on the Ionian coast of Calabria, Italy. This research focuses on the relationship between function and the edge angle, tool size, raw material, technology and typology. Another intent of this study is to examine what spatial integrity remained at the site. The study assemblage is a surface collection from a plow zone context. Because the collection under investigation is from plow zone context the methods employed are those developed for low power microwear …

Modelling Suture Ossification: A View From The Cranial Capsule, Hugh Bryson Matternes

Masters Theses

A review of the development, anatomy, and physiology of the human cranial vault suggests that post-adolescent ossification of the suture margins is dictated by interactions between tissues of the cranial capsule and forces deriving from ectocranial, endocranial and diploid sources. A model viewing suture physiology as sensitive to changes in the cranial capsule's environment is tested to identify whether several processes stimulate connective tissue transformation in the suture area. Correlation and factor analysis of the suture-to-suture interactions produced results indicating that when age is controlled, endocranial and ectocranial surfaces independently respond to pressures placed on the anterior and posterior portions …

Technical Bulletins: Maternity Leave In Tennessee, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

In 1988, Tennessee joined a growing list of states with legislation requiring employers to provide maternity leave to female employees. Under the Tennessee act, a female employee who has been employed for at least 12 consecutive months as a full-time employee by the same employer may be on leave from work up to four months for the purpose of pregnancy, childbirth, and nursing the infant. The law doesn't require employers to provide paid leave to pregnant employees but allows a general right to reinstatement to their former position or a similar position in the organization.

A Look At The Americans With Disabilities Act: A Guide To Compliance For Tennessee Local Governments (3rd Edition), Leslie Shechter, Marie Allen Murphy

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Includes an overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), its requirements, and how local governments can prepare for compliance with the act.

Full Text On Cd-Rom, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Some 25% of CD-ROM databases contain some full text and this number is growing. Text is stored in ASCII files, which are machine-searchable, and image files, which are not. Some products contain a combination of both types of text. Books, documents and magazines are among the materials available.

A Day In The Life Of A Database Producer., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

A typical day at a database production company is presented. The descriptions are based on visits to H.W. Wilson Co, Information Access Co, and UMI/Data Courier. The process of database creation and production is explored, from the initial decisions regarding database content through the continuing processes of ordering and receipt of titles, indexing/abstracting, editing and quality control. Brief discussions are also included regarding production quotas and the use of home workers.

Innovations In Text Retrieval Software, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Software packages are available that enhance text retrieval of in-house data bases. New features include natural language queries, word frequency rankings and hypertext.

Technical Bulletins: The 1991 Mtas Salary And Fringe Benefits Survey: Salaries Out-Pace Inflation, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

From December 1990 to December 1991, salaries of workers in Tennessee's cities and towns out-paced inflation while total numbers of employees declined. That's just one of the findings of the comprehensive salary and·fringe benefits survey conducted annually by The University of Tennessee's Municipal Technical Advisory Service. This summary of the 1991 findings is designed to help towns, cities, and others evaluate and compare the data and prepare budgets based on the most up-to-date information.

Morphology Of Saw Marks In Human Bone: Identification Of Class Characteristics, Steven A. Symes

Doctoral Dissertations

Accurate interpretation of saw marks on human bone is an essential part of tool mark examination in the forensic sciences, but appears neglected in practice and in the forensic sciences literature. With a basic understanding of saws and principals of cutting action, residual saw characteristics remaining on human bone can be recognized and interpreted.

Two basic areas of saw cut bones are examined. Kerf floors can be examined in false starts and break away spurs. This area of a cut potentially reveals kerf size, striae patterns, and contour differences. Kerf walls, or the cut cross section of bones, reveal striae …

The Impact Of Electronic Reference On Reference Librarians, Carol Tenopir, Ralf Neufang

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

The growth in library patron use of electronic reference options has resulted in a larger number of searches and the retrieval of a larger amount of information. This trend has impacted reference librarians in three basic areas: work environment, instruction of users and the basic nature of reference work. Work environment changes include increased reference-desk business and more time spent on manual tasks such as hardware troubleshooting.

File Reloads, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Database file reloads may be made for file updates, file maintenance, database enhancements or enhancements to search capabilities. File reloads may affect the online searcher by requiring new documentation or new search techniques.

Perceptions Of Ncaa Time Restrictions On Female Student-Athletes And Women's Intercollegiate Athletics At The University Of Tennessee, Knoxville, Donna C. Thomas

Masters Theses

Intercollegiate athletics are a part of every day life for millions of people. Americans are involved in sport in a variety of aspects; fans, participants, coaches and administrators to name a few. At times, intercollegiate athletics have seemed to be outside the realm of the role of higher education. In an attempt to make the collegiate athlete indistinguishable from the general student body, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, through the leadership of the Presidents Commission, has begun an effort to reform sport programs. A part of this reform movement is the restriction of playing and practice seasons and time commitments. …

Knoxville's Poor Neighborhoods: Types Of Poverty In An Appalachian City, Sue A. Remaley

Masters Theses

In the past thirty years, the American public has developed a stereotype of poor urban neighborhoods. Most people equate urban poverty with blacks and Hispanics, female-headed families on welfare, crime, and dilapidated row homes. Academicians researching urban poverty are at least partially responsible for these images. Most urban poverty research has looked at northeastern and Midwestern cities, examined large cities, or assumed a nationally homogeneous type of urban poverty. These biases are most evident in recent studies on the underclass, which call for national government response to increasing poverty among inner-city blacks and Hispanics. As poor neighborhoods are affected by …

Effects Of Clothing On Human Decomposition And Deterioration Of Associated Yarns, Shawn Elizabeth Cahoon

Masters Theses

This study focuses on how a single layer of clothing affects-human decomposition, and if human decomposition-has a noticeable affect on clothing materials. Two cadavers were placed at the Anthropological Research Facility in Knoxville, TN on January 16, 1991. One was clothed, the other was nude. Seven different types of yarns were attached to the inside of the clothing on the experimental subject, and another set of these yarns was anchored to the base of nearby tree to serve as a control sample set.

Cadavers were monitored as they decomposed, and insect activity was observed, from January 16, 1991 until May …

Is It Any Of Our Business?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Many library patrons search CD-ROM data bases and online public access catalogs in ways that are inefficient and ineffective. Librarians must take the responsibility of training users to formulate better search strategies.