1983-1984 Academic Catalog

deemed necessary for the welfare of the student as an individual or for the student body as a whole. Election to the Student Senate provides an opportunity to exercise democratic leadership in stu– dent affairs. The Student Senate is responsible for such fund-raising pro– jects as the Student Body Project and the Student Missionary Pro– ject. Student Senate also coordinates chapel services each Friday. Health Service Patterson Clinic provides student health care including preven– tive medicine, care of illness and injuries, and rehabilitation. A medical consultant, and several full- and part-time nurses provide health care. The center has facilities for students whose illnesses or injuries require them to stay overnight. Services Over 100,000 volumes-85,000 bound and 15,000 microform volumes - are housed in the library. Other instructional materials, such as recordings, tapes, filmstrips, films, slides, and trans– parencies are also available. A Media Production Center in the building aids students in the preparation of instructional materials and produces classroom aids for faculty members. Rooms for the use of audio-visual materials are also located within the library complex. The library is a member of OCLC, a not-for-profit corporation based in Columbus, Ohio, which operates an on-line computer network used by over 6000 libraries in all 50 states, Canada, and several foreign countries. It provides access to over 9 million books and other library materials. The OCLC system is used at Cedarville to catalog all library materials, perform bibliographic operation, order catalog cards, maintain location information about library materials, arrange for interlibrary loans, and main– tain records of periodicals.