Memorial Library on the La Mirada campus. Present holdings of the BIOLA Library include about 52,000 volumes and some 380 current periodi cals with a total of 680 periodicals, including back runs. In auxiliary col l ections are to be found pamphlet files and a curriculum and unit collec tion for the Education and the Christian Education Departments. A num ber of special indexes provide access to the complete run of The King's Business magazine and to partial runs of other periodicals, to songs and hymns, sermons and sermon outlines, homiletic and poetic illustrations, and similar materials. The main public catalog and other card files con tain in all approximately 180,000 cards. Students also have access to the libraries of Long Beach and Long Beach State College, and Whittier and Whittier College, all within a short distance of the library. Graduate students have access to all the scholarly libraries of the area, which contain several million volumes. The staff consists of the Librarian, one professional Assistant, two full time semi-professional Assistants, and several part-time student assistants. The Librarian is Director of the Library Science Department, which offers a minor in the College. The Library is an idea workshop for students in Library Science, and it is the purpose of the staff to make it a model for study. Cataloging is being done according to the standards of the American Library Association and the Library of Congress. Standard equipment makes the library an attractive place to study and browse. AUDIO-VISUAL DEPARTMENT The College has an Audio-Visual Director who handles the equip ment and services of the program. The Library is responsible for purchases, cataloging, and circulation of materials. The collection of materials includes slides, filmstrips, flat pictures, flannelgraph materials, object l essons, globes, maps, phonograph records, tape recordings, etc. A few small slide and film strip projectors and a screen are available for circulation.
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