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Technical Bulletins: Revenue Sharing Extended Three Years; Rs Handicapped Regulations Become Final, William Gary Head

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses key features of the Local Government Fiscal Assistance Amendments of 1983.

Technical Bulletins: Vehicle Use Regulations, William R. Bailey

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses various issues related to municipally-owned vehicles, including disciplinary action for misuse/abuse of vehicles.

Online’83 In Chicago, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Presents news briefs concerning online databases in the U.S. as of December 15, 1983. DIALOG's effort to add more databases; Full text databases of BRS; Expansion of the information services products of SDC.

Stimulus, Vol. 8, No. 2, Ut College Of Social Work

Stimulus Alumni Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Technical Bulletins: Steady: A System Providing For The Direct Deposit Of State-Shared And State-Collected Taxes, Jim Leuty

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about STEADY (Shared Tax Earnings Automatic Deposit for You). STEADY involved the distribution of routinely allocated funds, such as State Sales Taxes, State Gasoline and Motor Fuel Taxes, State Gas Inspection Fees (Street and Transportation Funds), State Income Taxes, State Beer Taxes and T.V.A. Gross Receipts Taxes.

More Publications About Databases, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Presents publications on online databases. Home information services; Online reference and information retrieval; Government policies or regulations affecting information flow.

Online Information In The Health Sciences, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Features information retrieval system for health sciences. BRS information retrieval system; Full text biomedical databases; BIOSIS Information Transfer System.

End User Search Services: A Comparison, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

There are now several time sharing search systems available to the home computer user. These systems provide to home subscribers access to online information, news stories, bibliographic databases, and many other services. Because some of the systems require start-up fees or charge monthly minimums and because the specific characteristics and offerings vary, it makes sense to examine each system and make choices among them.

The five services I will describe and compare are:

1. KNOWLEDGE INDEX, DIALOG Information Services, Inc.

2. BRS/AFTER DARK, BRS

3. THE SOURCE, Source Telecomputing Corporation

4. COMPUSERVE

5. DELPHI, General Videotex Corporation

The Local Sales Tax Handbook For Local Officials, Municipal Technical Advisory Service, County Technical Assistance Service Agencies Of The Institute For Public Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

The Online Future At Asis, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Reports on trends forecasted at the 12th mid-year meeting of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) in Lexington, Kentucky themed 'The Online Age--Assessment/Directions.' Issues pertaining to online searching; Changing financial aspects; End user searching and intermediaries; Size and organization of the online service industry; Online education; Impact of developments in software and technology.

Technical Bulletins: Municipal Purchasing Law Of 1983: An Explanation, Jim Leuty

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

During the 1983 legislative session, Public Acts Chapter 451 was enacted to amend Title 6, Chapter 56, Tennessee Code Annotated, to establish the "Municipal Purchasing Law of 1983." This Technical Bulletin gives an overview of this legislation.

Full‑Text, Downloading, And Other Issues, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Focuses on issues related to online databases for full-text, downloading and frontend processors on services in U.S. libraries as discussed at National Online Meeting held at New York City in April 1983. Pricing policy for full-text databases; Available full text databases; Role of libraries towards online databases; Factors influencing the downloading.

Stimulus, Vol. 8, No. 1, Ut College Of Social Work

Stimulus Alumni Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Technical Bulletins: Estimate Of 1983-84 State Shared Funds For Cities, Ken Joines

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

A summary of what cities could expect to receive from the state shared taxes for the 1983-84 fiscal year.

In‑House Databases Ii: Evaluating And Choosing Software, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Informs that the column 'Online Databases' published in the May 1, 1983 issue of Library Journal will concentrate on evaluation of software for in-house databases. Dependence of software package evaluation on needs analysis; Identification of individual situation and constraints; Suggestion that evaluation should be done by matching the capabilities and characteristics of each package.

Technical Bulletins: Urban Forestry Assistance Available To Tennessee Cities, Carol C. Hewlett

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about the Tennessee Urban Forestry Program, a service available to Tennessee municipalities, designed to help cities with a variety of tree-related problems and projects.

In‑House Databases I: Software Sources, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses the prospects of creating in-house databases for libraries in view of the advantages of online information access. Use of private file services instead of purchasing a software to create online database; Directories containing information about library-related microcomputer software; Periodicals carrying announcements and reviews of library software; Online directory providing information about library software.

Technical Bulletins: Meeting The End-Of-Fiscal-Year Budget Crunch, E. W. Meisenhelder

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses three techniques that could be used to mitigate some of the adverse effects of economic recession on municipal budgets.

Dialog’S Knowledge Index And Brs/After Dark: Database Searching On Personal Computers, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

DIALOG's Knowledge Index and BRS' After Dark allow microcomputer owners to access these bibliographic databases cheaply at night. Online searching at home, as well as in the library, is now possible. Query languages are simplified, circumventing intermediary need. Both are reviewed.

Databases: Catching Up And Keeping Up, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Presents information related to commercially available online databases of interest to library professionals in the U.S. Textbooks on introductory overviews of online searching; List of monographs on online searching in libraries; Journal literature on databases on online searching; List of bibliographies on online searching; Directories of databases; List of periodicals and vendor periodicals.

Technical Bulletins: Revenue Sharing Actual Use Report: Public Notice, Michael Tallent

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin served as a reminder of the requirement for cities to publish a notice that their revenue sharing actual use report had been filed. The publication requirement was noted on Page 5 of the TN-2 form received by Tennessee cities. Included is a sample notice.

Budget Preparation Manual, The University Of Tennessee Center For Government Training, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The purpose of this handbook, which can be used after the completion of the workshop, is to provide an overview into the budget preparation process. With the staff and other resources available in City Hall, you will be able, to develop a "plan for spending money" which enables you to show to the public how you intend to spend their tax dollars, as well as show the controls you'll establish by the spending limits you set. The budgetary controls become the yardstick by which the progress of spending money can be measured. Also, the budget serves as a yard stick …

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1983-84, 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 1983-84.

Technical Bulletins: Timing Of A Special Census, E. W. Meisenhelder

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

To obtain the maximum benefit in state-shared taxes, when are the best times for a municipality to conduct the twice-in-a-decade special censuses authorized by Tennessee law? Covered in this report are the major factors a city must consider in answering this question.