THE CENTER FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT Instructi ona l Se rvices ma in ta ins a faculty lab with g raphi c wo rksta ti ons and offe rs ass ista nce with g raphi c des ign and presen ta ti on deve lopme nt. Th e cente r has a lib ra ry of teach ing reso urces th at suppl eme n ts tra ining semina rs throughout t he yea r. In struc ti ona l co nsul tants , me n to rs and deve lop me nt g rants a re a lso ava il abl e t hro ugh the cente r. THE ROLE OF COMPUTERS IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OF THE UNIVERSITY Bi o la Uni vers it y b e li eves th at th e co mput e r is a n in c reas in g ly va lu abl e too l and t ha t one of o ur e du ca ti ona l goa ls should be co prepa re stu de nts for a wo rl d in whi ch th e compute r will co n ti nue co pl ay a s ign ifi ca n t ro le . Acco rdin g ly, it is our des ire co integra te compu te r use into th e uni ve rsity cu rri culum . T hu s, t he Uni ve rs ity pro vid es access to compu te rs fo r eve ry stu de nt and re quires th e ir use in freshman E ng li sh. It is th e inte nt of th e Uni ve rs ity, ove r tim e, co req uire th e use of th ese compute rs over a wid e spectrum of t he c ur riculum. Thi s pri ori ty is fu rt he r sup po rte d throug h compute ri zed a nd med ia- ri c h c lassroo ms whi c h a ll ow fac ult y co t a k e ad va n tage of th ese eme rg in g techno log ies in th e ir c lass pre se n ta ti o n s as we ll as p e rmi tt in g st ud e n ts t h e ha nd s-o n expe ri e nce of lea rnin g with th ese coo ls. T he campus netwo rk ca n be reached through the on-cam pus compu ter labs, any on-campus res idence or th rough a bank of modems th at suppor ts off-campus connections. All build ings on campus are connected through a loca l-a rea ne two rk supported by hi gh-speed fibe r-optic cabl e. !\J any se rvices are ava il abl e through thi s network. A compute ri zed campus bul le tin boa rd system affords all membe rs of the Biola community the opportunity to share the ir ideas, exchange compute r tips and even get course informati on from the ir instructo rs. A high speed inte rne t connecti on fac ilitates resea rch, the exchange of sc ho larl y in fo rm a ti o n a nd a ll ows e lectro ni c m a il t o b e exchanged with indi vid uals all over the wo rl d. BOOKSTORE T he Bi o la Bookstore is ope n J\ l onday th ro ug h Sa turday fo r th e conveni e nce of the stu dents, fac ul ty, staff and publi c. All req uire d textbooks, as we ll as gene ra l books and supplie s, are ava il abl e. T he Bookstore has a large se lecti on of C hri st ian boo ks and offe rs Bibl es in a va ri e ty of styles and bind ings . During schoo l breaks and vaca ti ons th e Booksto re has shorte ne d ho urs . Fo r mo re in fo rma ti on, pl ease ca ll (562) 903-4883, or go on-line co www.bi o labooksto re .com. COMPUTER STORE Loca te d next co the Booksco re, th e Compute r Score is d es ig ned co mee t t he computin g need s o f th e aca d e mi c community, offe ring comp ute rs, software and accesso ries for purchase. Softwa re such as M icrosoft , Adobe , Mac rome di a, Co re l a re ava il abl e. T he Compute r Sco re ke eps diffe re nt hours th an th e booksto re. For sco re hours and more infor mati on, ca ll (562) 903-4884; and for product in fo rmation and pri c ing, visit th e webs ite at www.comp ute rsto re .bio la.e du.
In additi on to a g rowin g co ll ec tion of mo re th an 275 ,000 print volumes, th e library curre ntl y subsc ribe s to mo re th an I , I 00 print pe riodi cal titl es, with seve ral journal back fi les da ting from the 19th ce ntury. F urth e r, tho usa nd s of addi ti ona l pe ri odi ca l titl es a re ava il abl e full-text onlin e w any one with a uth o ri zed Inte rn e t access fr om anywhe re any time . T he d ive rse co ll ec ti o n re fl ec ts Bi o la's e nthu s ias m and scho la rl y commitme nt to th e integrati on of fai t h and lea rning in a ll acade mi c di sc ip li nes, Bibl e history a nd trans lati on, th e hi stori ca l roo ts of fund ame nta li sm and eva ngeli ca l C hri sti anity, and wo rldwid e C hri sti an se rv ice. Sp ec ia l co ll ect io n s e mbra ce ex t e n s i ve mi c ro form reso urces , se lec te d Bib le stud y too ls in Bra ill e, and curri cu lum reso urces fo r teache r e du cati on. T h e L ibr a ry prov id es access co its ho ldin gs th ro ug h SCRO LL, a web-based online publi c access ca talog and circu lation sys te m. F urthe r, ove r 90 online da tabases are ava il abl e through our loca l area netwo rk and the library Inte rne t home page . L ibrary automati on re fl ec ts the Uni ve rsity's commit me nt to quali ty service and expand ing resources ~hrough the e lectroni c exchange of ideas and in fo rmati on. In ad d iti on, ada pti ve technologies and fee-based photocopying, scanne rs, printe rs, mi crofo rm reade rs and reade r-printe rs and even type write rs fac ilitate resource use. In a ll , whe n compl e te ly fur ni shed, the Library can sea t over 900 pat rons at a time. T he L ibrary is a ga teway to the wo rld of in fo rmati on and knowle dge. It offe rs tra ine d re fe re nce he lp at pos te d t imes to co nn ec t patron s to o ur own a nd o th e r re leva nt library resources throug hout th e wo rl d. Reci p roca l direct bo rrow ing promotes Bio lan access w th e library resources at Ca li forni a State Uni ve rsiti es at F ull e rton and Sa n Be rna rdin o, as we ll as t he lib ra ri es of th e me mbe rs of severa l loca l publi c, co ll ege, uni vers ity, and semina ry conso rti a and coope rati ves . Inte rli b rary loa n se rvices fac ilitate borrowing resources from tho usa nds of libra ri es aro un d th e wo rl d . Ne two rke d com puter se rvices he lp Bi o la scho la rs access th e Inte rne t a nd inte rna ti ona l bibli ographi ca l and full-tex t data bases th ro ugh s uc h ve nd o rs as OCL C F ir s t Sea rc h , E BSCOhos t , Pro Quest, L ex is-Nex is Acade mi c Uni ve rse, and Ne tLibrary. Six profess ional librari ans, a we ll-qualifi ed parap rofess iona l staff, and many abl e stud e nt ass istants provide se rvice more than 90 hours pe r week during the regular campus semes te rs with adjusted schedul es of se rvice ava il abl e yea r round . MEDIA CENTER T he J\ 1 l e di a Cente r of t h e L ib ra ry offe rs a va ri e t y o f audi o-visual reso urces to e nh ance th e q uali ty of communi ca ti on a nd in s tru c ti o n b y fac ul ty and stud e nts. T he J\ ledi a Ce nte r ha s t housa nd s of ca taloged audi o and vid eo ca pes, CDs, DVD s, laser di scs and films th at suppo rt Bio la's aca demi c programs, whi ch a re ava ilable fo r use at the Ce nte r's equ ipped ca rre ls, med ia and g roup study rooms or borrowed for short-te rm use outs ide of t he lib ra ry. T he J\l ed ia Cente r also fac ilita tes the purchase, re nting and inte r-library bo rrow ing of requ es ted me d ia resources no t owne d by th e Medi a Cente r. F urthe r, we suppo rt class room instruction through our di g ita l proj ec ti on, presen ta ti on and a-v e quippe d roll about units. Ass istance and tra inin g are ava il abl e to ass ure the prope r use of the eq uipme nt and me di a resources .
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