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Changes Wrought By Cd-Rom, Carol Tenopir
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
Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks: What You Need To Know, M. Elizabeth Mccroskey
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
No abstract provided.
Technical Bulletins: Hotel/Motel Tax In Tennessee Municipalities, Dick Phebus
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Online Databases: Today And Tomorrow, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
No abstract provided.
Searching With Menus, Carol Tenopir
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
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
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.
Technical Bulletins: The 1990 Mtas Salary And Fringe Benefits Survey: A Look At Compensation Of Tennessee Municipal Employees, Richard Stokes
Technical Bulletins: The 1990 Mtas Salary And Fringe Benefits Survey: A Look At Compensation Of Tennessee Municipal Employees, Richard Stokes
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
The salaries of workers in Tennessee's cities and towns are keeping pace with inflation. That's just one of the findings of the comprehensive salary and fringe benefit survey conducted annually by The University of Tennessee's Municipal Technical Advisory Service. This summary of the 1990 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.
Technical Bulletins: Do Your Executives Pass The Flsa's Salary (And Duties) Test?, Sid Hemsley, Richard M. Ellis
Technical Bulletins: Do Your Executives Pass The Flsa's Salary (And Duties) Test?, Sid Hemsley, Richard M. Ellis
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
Certain battalion chiefs in the Kern County, California fire department are not executives under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). That's what the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in Abshire v. County of Kern, 908 F.2d 483 (1990). In March, the U. S. Supreme Court refused to review that decision, in effect upholding it. Some newspapers called that case an expensive disaster for municipalities. The real question is whether the executives in a city's municipal departments are executives as defined by FLSA.
The Same Databases On Different Systems, Carol Tenopir
The Same Databases On Different Systems, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Decisions made by database producers and online vendors or just plain old errors may result in different versions of the same database. Differences in processing and loading, MEDLINE, spelling variations and CD-ROM are discussed.
Technical Bulletins: State And Federal Gasoline Tax Refunds (Revisited), Dick Phebus
Technical Bulletins: State And Federal Gasoline Tax Refunds (Revisited), Dick Phebus
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
The Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Act) passed by Congress imposed increases in federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. The tax on gasoline was increased to 14.1 cents per gallon while the tax on diesel fuel was raised to 20.1 cents per gallon. The new rates became effective December 1, 1990.
Technical Bulletins: 1990 Census Update, Joe Walsh
Technical Bulletins: 1990 Census Update, Joe Walsh
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
Includes a list of Tennessee cities, their 1990 populations, and the census impact on state shared taxes.
The Most Popular Databases, Carol Tenopir
The Most Popular Databases, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Notes the proliferation of online databases in the last two decades and suggests publications which can help librarians to make decisions about choosing a database. Discussion of information in the book "Directory of Online Databases," by Carlos Cuadra and "Computer-Readable Databases: A Directory and Data Sourcebook," with a preface by Martha E. Williams; Mention of the most popular databases, including MEDLINE, NEXIS, ERIC, World Patents, Predicasts files, Chemical Abstracts (CA) File, CA Search, and Financial Information Service; Discussion of databases most used by academic, corporate, and law libraries; View that popular databases are sought after because they have been in …
Stimulus, Vol. 15, No. 1, Ut College Of Social Work
Stimulus, Vol. 15, No. 1, Ut College Of Social Work
Stimulus Alumni Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Wilson Branches Out, Carol Tenopir
Wilson Branches Out, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
This article reports that by March or April 1991, all of the H. W. Wilson Company databases will become available on the Bibliographic Retrieval Service (BRS) online system. After seven years of exclusivity on WILSONLINE, the Wilson databases are branching out and BRS is only the first extension. Starting in 1986, Wilson offered ways to access electronic versions of its indexes. Many libraries have purchased selected Wilson indexes on CD-ROM to emphasize end-user searching. BRS implementation of the Wilson files is planned in stages throughout 1991. Stage 1 will bring up Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, Applied Science & Technology …
Technical Bulletins: The Tennessee Contractors Licensing Act And Why Your City's Building Inspector Could Go To Jail, Leslie Shechter, Randy Williams
Technical Bulletins: The Tennessee Contractors Licensing Act And Why Your City's Building Inspector Could Go To Jail, Leslie Shechter, Randy Williams
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
This Technical Bulletin provides information intended to help clarify the provisions of the Tennessee Contractors Licensing Act of 1976. On October 4, 1989, the state attorney general (in opinion number 89-130) concluded that a county assessor was personally liable for fines and penalties in violation of the act.
The Impact Of Cd-Rom On Online, Carol Tenopir
The Impact Of Cd-Rom On Online, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
CD-ROM has reawakened the term migration, but this time the fear is of migration from online use of databases to CD-ROM. CD-ROM sources and the possible impacts on online databases are examined.
Technical Bulletins: At-Large Electoral Systems And Voting Rights, Sid Hemsley
Technical Bulletins: At-Large Electoral Systems And Voting Rights, Sid Hemsley
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
This Technical Bulletin discusses at large electoral systems and voting rights.
Technical Bulletins: Redistricting And The Cities, Harold R. Yungmeyer
Technical Bulletins: Redistricting And The Cities, Harold R. Yungmeyer
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
Redistricting is a process that ensures each voting district within a political entity will contain substantially equal populations.
Technical Bulletins: Update On Technical Bulletin 31 (State And Federal Petroleum Tax Refunds And Exemption Options For Local Governments), Dick Phebus
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
The Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Act) recently passed by Congress imposes new federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. This raises the tax on gasoline to 14.1 cents per gallon and the tax on diesel fuel to 20.1 cents per gallon. The new rates are effective December 1, 1990.
Municipal Law Report 1991, Dennis W. Huffer
Municipal Law Report 1991, Dennis W. Huffer
MTAS Publications: Full Publications
During the 1991 session of the Tennessee General Assembly, more than 1,500 bills were introduced in each house. From these bills, our legislature adopted 523 new public acts. This publication, a joint effort of the Municipal Technical Advisory Service and the 1ML Risk Management Pool, summarizes those acts that affect municipalities and municipal officials. These two organizations feel that if municipal officials know about new laws, they are more likely to conform their actions to those laws.
Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1991, Mtas
Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1991, 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 1991.