THE LIBRARY The Biola Library is under a unified administration and serves the undergraduate and graduate levels of Biola College, Inc. The periodical subscriptions include 1,063 titles currently being received. Other holdings include over 158,000 volumes of books and bound periodicals. Auxiliary collections contain pamphlet files and curriculum teaching units for the Education and Christian Education Departments. The main public catalog and other files contain approximately 500,000 cards. Two copy machines are accessible to students. The library has microfiche, microfilm, and microcard readers. Visual materials are available for student use from the A-V center. In addition, there are listening centers for language studies and other taped instruction. Students have access to the several million volumes in the libraries of a dozen colleges, universities, and seminaries in the Greater Los Angeles area. The staff consists of four professional librarians, nine full-time assistants, and a number of part-time student assistants. MEDIA CENTER The Media Center services the equipment and non-book instructional needs of the Academic Division of the college. Equipment and instructional materials are in the Media Center in the Rose Memorial Library. The collection of material includes 16mm motion pictures, 8mm motion pictures and film clips, 35mm filmstrips , Audio Tape Recordings, Video Tape Recordings , Disc Records, Overhead Transparencies, Slides and other types of Educational Media. Appropriate equipment is available for large group, small group, or individual study of the instructional materials. Production of slides, filmstrips, thermal , diazo, or photographic transparencies , instant duplicating and copy services are available to the faculty. Other specialized production services can often be arranged upon request. BOOK STORE The College Bookstore is open six days and two evenings a week to supply all required textbooks, as well as non-required books. Students will find a large selection of cards, stationery, gift items, records and music, school and art supplies, plus items for personal needs. Bibles in a variety of styles and bindings are available. Special services to students include ordering any books in print and imprinting Bibles. Admission, Registration, and Graduation Requirements Admission to Biola College is on a selective basis, and only those are admitted who are most likely to profit from Biola College's educational program and its distinctively Christian emphasis. Because it is the purpose of Biola College to train Christian young people, the applicant should have been a Christian for at least one year.
miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles , and is surrounded by such cities as Whittier, Norwalk, Buena Park, La Habra, and Fullerton. La Mirada is a suburban residential community with a population of 40,000. Included within the vicinity are several major shopping areas in addition to many other business establishments. La Mirada is situated near many of the outstanding attractions of Southern California. Downtown Los Angeles can be reached in a half-hour's drive from the campus. Disneyland is twelve miles to the southeast, and famed Knott's Berry Farm is six miles away. Within an hour's drive are such popular beach cities as Long Beach, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, and Laguna Beach. Recreational facilities are easily accessible. An eighteen hole public golf course lies a mile east of the campus, and other parks in the area offer opportunity for activities and relaxation. An hour' s drive will take one into the nearby mountains where winter sports are available. Cultural and research opportunities abound in the area. Several major universities and libraries are within easy driving distance of La Mirada including UCLA, the University of Southern California, the University of California-Irvine, and several other state and private institutions. THE BIOLA CAMPUS The campus is bounded on the west by Biola Avenue and on the east by La Mirada Boulevard. It is located between the large east-west thoroughfares of Rosecrans Avenue and Imperial Highway. Approximately three miles to the south is the Santa Ana Freeway. Students coming to the campus by automobile should follow these directions: coming from the northwest, leave the Santa Ana Freeway at Rosecrans and travel east to Biola Avenue ; coming from the southeast, leave the Santa Ana Freeway at Valley View and travel north to Rosecrans, then turn right to Biola Avenue; coming from the east via San Bernardino Freeway - turn south on the Orange Freeway (57) to Imperial Highway and travel west on Imperial Highway to Biola Avenue. Campus buildings are the Administration Building, Sutherland Hall , Marshburn Hall and Annex, Crowell Hall, and the Science Hall - instructional facilities that house classrooms, laboratories, auditoriums, and offices. Additional campus buildings are the Rose Memorial Library, the cafeteria, the student union, the gymnasium, a short-course Olympic swimming pool , the Pierce-Hunt Memorial Infirmary, several residence halls, the Rose of Sharon Prayer Chapel, and other structures. The master plan calls for the erection of additional buildings within the next few years. Where it is possible, ramps are being added to existing buildings and will be included in plans for future buildings. On the eastern side of the campus lie the athletic fields . Included are a crushed brick quarter mile track, an excellent baseball diamond, and tennis courts. Additional recreational facilities are available in the La Mirada Regional Park, across La Mirada Boulevard from the campus.
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