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Who Owns Whom?: Online Systems And Buyouts, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Since 1986, three of the six commercial online systems most used by libraries and information centers have changed hands. The implications of these buyouts for online professionals are discussed.

Community Service Offenders: Municipal Liability For Community Service Probationers, Sid Hemsley

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Municipal Liability For Community Service Probationers considers the potential liabilities to municipalities when they use probationary offenders who are performing community service under their control and supervision.

Technical Bulletins: The Business Of Crime: Research Findings Reveal Economic Motives, Phillip E. Keith

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin discusses the business of crime and advises that understanding crime as a business is paramount when public officials develop policies and programs designed to prevent or contain criminal activity.

The Database Press, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Online Inc, Learned Information Inc and Meckler Corp each publish books, journals and AV materials about database searching. The companies's publications are described.

Technical Bulletins: Fmha Community Program Bonds Can Be Sold To Third Parties, Joe Muscatello

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about the sale of Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) Community Program Bonds to third parties.

Technical Bulletins: Written Communications From A City Manager, Don W. Ownby

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin advises that the Tennessee public records law applies to written communications from a city manager to members of his governing body.

What’S Happening With Cd-Rom, Part 1, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

It is expected that there will be an increase in the number of databases on CD-ROM during 1989. Directories for finding out what is available on CD-ROM and information on the companies that produce them are discussed.

Database Design And Management, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Librarians have used online bibliographic database searching for well over a decade. Good searchers are familiar with the content and characteristics of individual databases (such as ERIC or Chemical Abstracts) and with the online system (e.g., DIALOG or BRS) and the commands that are needed to search each database. Searchers must also have an understanding of how databases are created and structured, how they are processed by the online system's computer to enable searching, and what actually happens when a database is searched. This chapter focuses on these issues. Chapter 6 discusses specific databases and systems.

Municipal General Management Report 1989 No. 1: Final Irs Regulations On Employer-Provided Vehicles, Richard M. Ellis

MTAS History

The Internal Revenue Service published final regulations on the taxation of personal use of city-owned vehicles on July 6, 1989. This report summarizes the new regulations and offers suggestions on municipal compliance with the regulations.

Stimulus, Vol. 13, No. 1, Ut College Of Social Work

Stimulus Alumni Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Superfund Overview 1986-1989, Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Annexation Handbook For Cities And Towns In Tennessee [Archived Material], Eugene Puett

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Municipal Law Enforcement Management Report 1989 No. 2: Managing Liability Exposure: A Model For Law Enforcement, Phillip E. Keith

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Learning methods to address liability exposure are required for municipal managers to act effectively. This report is intended to heighten the awareness of local municipal managers by reviewing causes of liability and outlining risk reduction strategies.

Municipal Law Enforcement Management Report 1989 No. 3: Weapons Retention, Phillip E. Keith

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Weapons Retention will assist elected officials, city managers, and law enforcement administrators to identify issues when selecting weapons for their police departments and to recognize the importance of training and legal issues that must be considered. This report also discusses the selection of weapons, the minimum training required by the State of Tennessee, and the legal issues surrounding their use.

Workplace Substance Abuse: What Employers Can Do, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Workplace Substance Abuse: What Employers Can Dodiscusses substance abuse problems. Options on how municipal employers can minimize exposure to lawsuits are outlined. Steps in establishing a comprehensive substance abuse policy are provided.

MTAS Personnel Report, no. 2

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1988-89, 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 1988-89.

Magazines Online: Users And Uses Of Full Text, Carol Tenopir, Diane Nahl-Jakobovits, Dara Lee Howard

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.