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Records: What To Save, What To Toss...And When, Harold R. Yungmeyer

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This manual is a guide to record retention and disposal, and meets generally accepted standards. Its use isn't mandatory, and a municipality may deviate from the suggested retention periods.

Technical Bulletins: Conducting A Special Census, Carol C. Hewlett, Judith D. Forkner

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about the two types of special censuses (census of annexed territory and citywide census) and their costs.

Technical Bulletins: Urban Forestry Assistance Available To Tennessee Cities, Ann O'Connell

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about urban forestry, including two grant programs available to assist local governments in managing their urban forests.

Evaluation Criteria For Online, Cd-Rom, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Data base components include information content, retrieval software and interface. Online data bases can be evaluated on accessibility, search language, search program, contents and aids. CD-ROM data bases can be evaluated on software, hardware, scope, content, quality and accessibility.

Electronic Reference Options: How They Stack Up In Research Libraries, Carol Tenopir, Ralf Neufang

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Electronic reference in a variety of forms is becoming a reality in libraries today. Whether it is online, CD-ROM, or databases loaded from magnetic tapes or a combination of several options, patrons have access to more electronic resources than ever before. We recently surveyed research libraries in the U.S. and Canada to see which electronic reference options they offer. ARL libraries may not be typical because they tend to be heavy users of technology and have relatively large budgets, but they can be considered trendsetters. What these libraries are offering now will be found in all types of libraries within …

Hybrid Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

States that basic categories of online databases are less relevant as the trend moves toward mixed-type or hybrid databases. Hybrid databases combine one or more database types, such as bibliographic/full text, bibliographic/directory, directory/full text, etc. DIALOG; Mixing different types of records within a single searchable file; ABI/INFORM; PTS PROMPT; Health periodicals database; Search strategies.

Elements Of A Utility Rate Study, Sharon Rollins

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

How can communities protect their multi-billion dollar water and wastewater treatment investments and give citizens clean, safe water? The key lies with municipal officials' ability to acquire sufficient operating revenues.

Sound financial management allows communities to acquire the necessary revenues to maintain financially self-sufficient water and wastewater operations. The best source of revenue for paying water and wastewater treatment costs is user fees. Unfortunately, raising user fees is one of the most dreaded actions undertaken by local officials. If it is not done correctly, the resulting political backlash and public resistance can be harmful for water and wastewater operations.

Databases Online And On Cd-Rom: How Do They Differ, Let Us Count The Ways., Diane Nahl-Jakobovits, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Librarians must choose between CD-ROM and online formats now that databases are available on both mediums. The pros and cons of each medium are discussed.

Tennessee Public Acts 1992: 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.

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1992, Mtas

Municipal Directories

A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1992.

The Saurian Psyche Revisted: Lizards In Research, Neil Greenberg

Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This essay is intended to guide researchers interested in lizards as prospective experimental models to identify an appropriate species for their research needs and to care for lizards in a manner that will not compromise their utility. Coupled with these is a concern for critical thinking about the ethical dimension of lizard research, one guide for which is to consider the intersection of human needs and lizard needs.

Before proceeding further, several arbitrary premises must be made clear:

1. While wholly deserving of study because of their intrinsic interest, I will assume that the lizard research to be undertaken is …

Team Member Implicit Theories Of Team Development: Relationships With Team Member Behavior, Team Viability And Team Performance, Marilyn Ann Perkins

Doctoral Dissertations

This study examined the relationship of team effectiveness and members' implicit theories of team development. Implicit theories are individuals' preconceptions of the relative importance of team development variables associated with team effectiveness. Team development variables assessed in this study were communication, cohesion, norms, role clarity, conflict, and participation.

The first hypothesis predicted a direct relationship between implicit theories of team development and behavior. Hypothesis one also predicted this relationship would be enhanced by convergence of individual implicit theories with remaining team members' implicit theories. It was also hypothesized that there is a positive relationship between convergence of implicit theories among …

The Evolution Of Financial Practices And Financial Structures Among American Manufacturers, 1875-1905: Case Studies Of The Sugar Refining And Meat Packing Industries, William Michael Doyle

Doctoral Dissertations

Two salient features of late nineteenth century American economic development were the appearance of a multitude of large, horizontally or vertically integrated manufacturing corporations, and the emergence of a sophisticated market for industrial securities. According to most economist and economic historians, both of these developments can be attributed primarily to increased deficit financing requirements among late nineteenth century American manufacturers. This was presumed to have resulted largely from technological innovations in manufacturing that increased both total capital requirements and the minimum size of the required initial investment in many industries. These developments were thought to have necessitated the creation and …

Authorities On Ourselves: Being Lesbian In Heterosexist Culture -- Can Personal Meaning Inform Social Work Practice?, Sue Cover Wright

Doctoral Dissertations

This study was designed to explore the social reality of lesbian women. Its theoretical base lies in the social constructionist theory that the social context interacts with personal experience to create social meaning. Professional social science literature presents a confused account of lesbianism. Clinical studies have diagnosed and labeled lesbianism as a disease, a dysfunctional personality disorder, or poor social adjustment. Recent studies viewed them as an oppressed minority group. Few studies have gone to the source and asked the women to define themselves -- what it is like to be lesbian in our culture; what their experience means to …

Changes Wrought By Cd-Rom, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

By 1988 almost 60% of US academic and public libraries were using CD-ROM databases. CD-ROM products have changed library collections, patron expectations and reference service.

Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks: What You Need To Know, M. Elizabeth Mccroskey

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Organization Of Technology And Lithic Analysis: Prehistoric Occupation Of The Hayes Site (40ml139), Philip J. Carr

Masters Theses

The Hayes Site (40ML139) is located in the central Duck River Basin of Middle Tennessee. Excavations at the site revealed Middle Archaic, late Middle Archaic, and Late Archaic components. An examination of the lithic assemblage from the Hayes Site aids in assessing and building models of hunter-gatherer organization for the central Duck River Basin. An organizational perspective on technology, results from published flintknapping experiments, and a lithic resource survey provide the means of constructing and employing an interpretive framework for understanding prehistoric occupation of the Hayes Site. It was found that materials from the Middle Archaic components represent forager residences …

Technical Bulletins: Hotel/Motel Tax In Tennessee Municipalities, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The proceeds from the hotel/motel tax can be used for most general purposes, ranging from economic and tourist development to retirement of outstanding debt.

Options For Accessing Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

A survey was conducted of the database searching options offered by research libraries. Most libraries offer two or more search options. Mediated online searching was the most common, followed by CD-ROM and online end user searching.

Cd-Rom, Online, And Databases On Opacs In Research Libraries: Competition Or Coexistence?, Carol Tenopir, Ralf Neufang

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.

Technical Bulletins: Social Security Coverage For Local Government Employees, Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA), passed by Congress in November 1990, placed new requirements on local governments for withholding Social Security taxes on wages paid to employees. Final regulations were issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service on June 28, 1991. These regulations affect all public sector employees who are not part of , a qualified retirement plan. Because of uncertainties I.and questions regarding the provisions of the law, this Technical Bulletin offers answers on how the act affects municipal governments in Tennessee.

Survey, Analysis And Evaluation Criteria Of Full Text Systems, Carol Tenopir, Gerald W. Lundeen

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.

Predicting The Future, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Five factors will influence the online databases of the future: telecommunications developments, scanning and storage improvements, increasing database distribution options, user needs and demands, and changes in database production.

Technical Bulletins: Tennessee Environmental Legislation Of 1991: Solid Waste Management And Environmental Fees, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

In 1991, the Tennessee General Assembly passed two major pieces of environmental legislation. The acts paved the way for improved solid waste management and more stable funding for the regulation of solid waste, water, and wastewater operations. This Technical Bulletin is designed to walk readers through each act individually.

How Up-To-Date Is That Update?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Timeliness of online and CD-ROM databases depends on both the frequency of updates and the currency of information being added in each update. Comparisons of two CD-ROM indexes - LISA and Library Lit - and of 12 online databases are offered.

Online Databases: Today And Tomorrow, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.

Quantitative Effects Of Skeletonizing Processes On Bone Density, Rex Mcdonald

Masters Theses

(From the Conclusion)

This study has focused on the alterations of bone when processed in aqueous solution. The author finds the process of immersing bone in aqueous as an unacceptable manner to process osseous materials. When bone is processed by insects, within a sheltered environment, the loss of inorganic material is almost non-existent. This study has shown that the use of water in almost every case, has caused an alteration in the baseline of the Bone Mineral Content.

Searching With Menus, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

BRS, DIALOG and OCLC's EPIC are three major online systems that provide menu searching in addition to their command interfaces. The menus used by these three systems are described.

Technical Bulletins: Attention General Law Mayor-Aldermanic Municipalities: Your Revised Charter Is Effective July 1, Leslie Shechter

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

An improved charter for 52 Tennessee towns and cities is the result of Public Chapter 154, 1991, signed by the governor in April.

Cd-Rom Goes Consumer, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

CD-ROM products have already been enthusiastically received by librarians and educators, but now CD-ROM publishers are seeking to make inroads in the consumer market.