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The Current Status And Potential Spread Of An Invasive Exotic Species: Chinese Yam (Dioscorea Batatas), Pamela J. Nabors

Masters Theses

Field work is integrated with Geographic Information System (GIS) techniques to report the status, spread, and potential to spread of an invasive non-native species, the Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas), in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM). Field work results show that D. batatas primarily occurs in the lower elevations in areas of disturbance such as old homesites and the sides of roads, trails, and streams. Comparisons with earlier research conducted by Clements, Clebsch, and Wofford in 1987-1988 show that D. batatas has spread and continues to affect the herbaceous understory by shading or crowding. To determine potential …

Electronic Publishing: A Study Of Functions And Participants, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.

Front-End Software Proliferates, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses how online searchers are expecting to use a proprietary front-end software package to access their systems. Description of what front-end packages are; The markets to which they are aimed; What a successful front-end system features; KR ProBase.

A Technological Analysis Of Modified Bone From The Widows Creek Site (1ja305), Alabama, Sean Patrick Coughlin

Masters Theses

This study examines chronological and spatial changes in the distribution of modified bone attributes. Five hundred sixty-two modified bone specimens were examined from Late Archaic, Early Woodland, and Middle/Late Woodland contexts of the Widows Creek site. Each specimen was examined for raw material, manufacturing traces, manufacturing stage, and morphology. The Widows Creek material was then compared to material from Russell Cave (1JA181) and Westmoreland-Barber (40MI11) using published data.

The study found that, at a general level, raw material choice varied little through time. However, distinct differences in the distribution of materials in manufacturing stages and morphological categories are present. Manufacturing …

The Impact Of Colonialism On African Economic Development, Joshua Dwayne Settles

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

No abstract provided.

Database Producers Go Online, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Relates the expansion by several major producers of general interest databases to becoming online vendors. IAC, EBSCO, and UMI joining Wilson as online purveyors of their own content; Their use of client/server technology, Z39.50 compliance, graphical user interfaces, access over the Internet, and the use of the World Wide Web (WWW) for enhanced document delivery; Detailed description of each vendors' databse.

Setting The Record Straight On Journal Publishing: Myth Vs. Reality., Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Attempts to expose some of the myths that stand in the way of a better future for scholarly publishing. Traditional print journals and electronic publishing; Showing the myth and the reality; The myth that libraries have become irrelevant to scientists; The myth that scientists cancel personal subscriptions because they do not need the journals; The myth that storage and communication of electronic journals are free; The dispelling of other myths.

Hot Topic: Legislature Rules College Degree Counts Toward Certification Process Of City Clerks And Recorders, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

New legislation that recently passed through the Tennessee General Assembly assures that a college degree would help satisfy the required education hours.

Moving To The Information Village, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Explains how Engineering Information Inc.'s (EI) Engineering Information Village is a useful tool for librarians to bring order out of the chaotic information environment. Features of the Ei Village; The web as the heart of the Village; Ei Compendex Plus being the cornerstone of the village library; Prices; One of the first commercial integrated information products.

Technical Bulletins: Litigation Tax Collections And Refunds Clarified, Mtas

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This Technical Bulletin provides information about litigation tax collection and refunds.

Guis Gain Prominence: Baton And Profound, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Many text-based interfaces are creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for their old information systems. Some of the most imaginative GUI examples are being developed by small online services, such as EyeQ by DataTimes and Baton system from NewsNet. These and other examples are discussed.

Municipal Utilities Rate Survey '96, Ann O'Connell

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication presents the results of the 1996 water, wastewater and garbage survey of all Tennessee municipalities. Population numbers in this publication are from the Certified Population of Tennessee Incorporated Municipalities. Out of Tennessee's 342 cities only four did not respond. Out of the 388 responding cities 59 did not provide water, wastewater or garbage service.

Mtas Model Drug And Alcohol Testing Policy, Richard Stokes

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

MTAS created this model drug and alcohol testing policy with the assistance of the Tennessee Municipal League. The policy includes a statement of purpose and scope, consent form, compliance guidelines, general rules, and detailed information about drug and alcohol testing.

Tennessee Public Acts 1996: 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.

Linear Goal Programming For Academic Library Acquisitions Allocations, Ken Wise, D. E. Perushek

UT Libraries Faculty: Peer-Reviewed Publications

The allocation of an academic library's acquisitions funds should contribute to the achievement of the library's goals and objectives. The availability of diverse materials and the varying demands of user needs in a variety of subject disciplines may represent a set of conflicting, incommensurate goals. Lexicographic linear goal programming offers an appropriate allocation methodology for determining an optimal solution with conflicting goals. This article applies this methodology to 90 funds representing books and periodicals in 45 subject disciplines at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT). The model's goals incorporate several categories of budget constraints and user needs. The application of …

The Papers Of Andrew Jackson: Volume V, 1821-1824, Andrew Jackson

The Papers of Andrew Jackson

This fifth volume of The Papers of Andrew Jackson documents Jackson’s retirement from the military in 1821 and his emergence as the leading presidential candidate in 1824, winning a plurality of popular and electoral votes over John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William H. Crawford, and John C. Calhoun. In the interim, he served a troublesome few months as governor of Florida and thereafter enjoyed a brief retirement at the Hermitage before the Tennessee legislature called him again into service as United States senator.

The tension between Jackson’s longing for retirement and his dedication to public service forms the main theme …

Roy Fuller: A Bibliography, Steven Escar Smith

Other Library Publications and Works

This bibliography treats the work of the British poet, novelist, and critic Roy Fuller (1912 - 1991) from his earliest periodical appearance in the late 1920s to his posthumously published poems in 1993.