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Open Records: A Guide For Municipal Officials (2008), Josh Jones

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This guide summarizes Tennessee’s open records laws as of October 2008 and includes practical applications for municipal officials and employees.

Water And Wastewater Management (2008), Steve Wyatt, Brett Ward

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The purpose of this manual is to provide a resource for both new and experienced water board members and municipal officials who have little or no formal training for the job.

Design Engineers And Technical Professionals At Work: Observing Information Usage In The Workplace, Suzie Allard, Kenneth Levine, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

This exploratory study examines how design engineers and technical professionals (hereafter referred to as engineers) in innovative high-tech firms in the United States and India use information in their daily work activities including research, development, and management. The researchers used naturalistic observation to conduct a series of daylong workplace observations with 103 engineers engaged in product design and testing in four U.S.- and two India-based firms. A key finding is that engineers spend about one fourth of their day engaged in some type of information event, which was somewhat lower than the percentage identified in previous research. The explanation may …

An Anonymous Collection Of Poetry, Anonymous

Commission for LGBT - Reports, Minutes, Events and Other Documents

No abstract provided.

Technical Bulletins: Municipal Travel Policy (2008), Melissa Ashburn

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

State law requires all municipalities with populations less than 100,000 to adopt and file with the state comptroller a travel policy that covers expense reimbursement for elected and appointed officials.

Minutes, 12/1/2008, The Commission For Lesbian, Gay Bisexual And Transgender People At The University Of Tennessee, Knoxville

Commission for LGBT - Reports, Minutes, Events and Other Documents

No abstract provided.

Increasing Political Activism And Mobilization: Building An Oromo Agency And Capacity For Liberation, Asafa Jalata

Sociology Publications and Other Works

Without increasing our political activism, mobilizing and organizing our people, we cannot effectively challenge and defeat our external and internal enemies that are attempting to strangulate the development of Oromummaa and the progress of the Oromo national struggle. Our external enemies have been using Oromo clienteles to achieve their political and economic objectives in Oromia. Some Oromos have been used as raw materials in building other nations. Such Oromos have lacked political and national consciousness or lacked self-respect and attacked the Oromo nation for money and other interests. As the Said Bare government created and used the Somali Abo group …

Electronic Journals And Changes In Scholarly Article Seeking And Reading Patterns, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

A recent article by James Evans in Science (Evans 2008) is being widely discussed in the science and publishing communities. Evans' in-depth research on citations in over 34 million articles and how online availability affects citing patterns, found that the more issues of a journal that are available online, the fewer numbers of articles in that journal are cited. If the journal is available for free online, it is cited even less. Evans attributes this phenomenon to more searching and less browsing (which he feels eliminates marginally relevant articles that may have been found by browsing) and the ability …

Scenes From A Database., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

H.W. Wilson's new Cinema Image Gallery (CIG), along with some other excellent resources, will help searchers find all kinds of information about the motion picture industry.

Faces Of Terrorism In The Age Of Globalization: Terrorism From Above And Below, Asafa Jalata

Sociology Publications and Other Works

This paper explains how the intensification of globalization as the modern world system with its ideological intensity of racism and religious extremism and its concomitant advancement in technology and organizational skills has increased the danger of all forms of terrorism. In this world system, the contestation over economic resources and power and the resistance to domination and repression or religious and ideological extremism have increased the occurrence of terrorism from above (i.e. state actors) and from below (i.e. non-state actors). We cannot adequately grasp the essence and characteristics of modern terrorism without understanding the larger cultural, social, economic, and political …

Hot Topic: Ftc Suspends Enforcement Of Facta Red Flags Rule, Josh Jones

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Enforcement of the FACTA Identity Theft Red Flags Rule has been suspended until May 1, 2009.

Minutes, 11/3/2008, The Commission For Lesbian, Gay Bisexual And Transgender People At The University Of Tennessee, Knoxville

Commission for LGBT - Reports, Minutes, Events and Other Documents

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Kin And Fictive Kin Relationships On The Mental Of Black Adult Children Of Alcoholics, J. Camille Hall

Social Work Publications and Other Works

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how kin and fictive kinship relationships help to ameliorate or buffer responses to parental alcoholism and the breakdown in parenting. This qualitative study investigated coping responses developed by college students, who selfidentified as adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) who lived with an alcoholic parent or caregiver. In-depth interviews and follow-up participant checks were used. A descriptive model was developed describing conditions that affected the development of positive self-esteem, the phenomena that arose from those conditions, the context that influenced strategy development, the intervening conditions that influenced strategy development, and the consequences …

Are Electronic Journals Good For Science?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Most people accept the notion that e-journals, through library subscriptions or open access, are good for science. They save readers time in tracking down articles and help them identify relevant materials from a wide range of journal titles. However, the academic world was buzzing recently over a study that challenged this notion.

The Five Basic Steps For Registering A Domain Name For Your Municipality (2008), Justin O'Hara

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

An explanation of how a city may register a domain name for a Web site.

Technical Bulletins: Census Figures Help Cities Redistrict (2008), Gary Jaeckel

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Description of the processes involved in redistricting due to census figures.

Adopting Building Codes And Building Code Amendments By Reference (2008), Steve Lobertini

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Cities adopting building codes by reference must adopt the complete codes by ordinance. Includes sample ordinances and resolution.

Ordinance Drafting And Enactment: Issues And Recommendations, Steve Lobertini

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication contains a discussion of legal issues relevant to ordinance drafting, with sample charter provisions, as well as a summary of issues and an ordinance-drafting guide.

Minutes, 10/6/2008, The Commission For Lesbian, Gay Bisexual And Transgender People At The University Of Tennessee, Knoxville

Commission for LGBT - Reports, Minutes, Events and Other Documents

No abstract provided.

Interface, Fall 2008, School Of Information Sciences

Interface Newsletter

As School of Information Sciences faculty and staff prepare for our sixth accreditation by the American Library Association’s Committee on Accreditation (COA), the school has had the opportunity to reflect on a smorgasbord of changes. While this means more administrative work for faculty and staff, the accreditation process also provides a rich period for reflection while data is analyzed, reports run, and the school narrows its focus on our strengths, gaps, successes, and changes—large and small—over the past seven years since the last site visit by ALA’s COA in 2002.

Reducing Health Insurance Costs In Tennessee Cities, Don Darden

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The best way for cities to affect health insurance cost favorably is to do a better job managing their existing programs and using all of the resources available.

Science Information Without Borders., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Online resources are critical to the concept of "libraries without borders," the theme of the 2008 World Library and Information Congress at the 74th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) general conference, held in August in Québec City.

Safe Zones Task Force Final Report, University Of Tennessee Safe Zones Task Force

Commission for LGBT - Reports, Minutes, Events and Other Documents

The task force was established as a result of a Faculty Senate resolution.

Chancellor Loren Crabtree charged the Task Force to advise him on the planning, implementation and evaluation of a “Safe Zone” project on the Knoxville campus. After several meetings, extensive research and reviewing various manuals the Safe Zone Task Force presents the attached recommendation for the establishment of a Safe Zone plan at the University of Tennessee.

Hotel-Motel Tax In Tennessee Cities (2008), Ron Darden

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The proceeds from the hotel-motel tax can be used for purposes authorized in your enacting ordinance, private act, or general law.

Technical Bulletins: City Recorder Certification Update (2008), Margaret Norris

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

Municipal clerks and recorders are required to become certified by completing 100 hours of education and maintain the certification by obtaining 18 hours of continuing education every three years.

Hot Topic: Unemployment Insurance: Who Is Not Covered? (2008), Gail Cook

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Unemployment insurance is a program that provides up to 26 weeks of benefits to Tennessee workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.

Hot Topic: Changes In Federal And State Reimbursement Rates For Travel (2008), Dick Phebus

MTAS Publications: Hot Topics

Summary of changes in the federal and state lodging and meals reimbursement rates for travel.

Minutes, 9/8/2008, The Commission For Lesbian, Gay Bisexual And Transgender People At The University Of Tennessee, Knoxville

Commission for LGBT - Reports, Minutes, Events and Other Documents

No abstract provided.

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials (2008), Mtas

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

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.

Tennessee Public Acts 2008: Summaries Of Interest To Municipal Officials, Josh Jones, Dennis Huffer

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This publication summarizes the year's public acts that have the most significant impact on municipal operations.