1990-1991 Academic Catalog

Centennial Librmy and engineering students to develop their knowledge and skills. A nuclear magnetic resonator, atomic absorption spectrometer, liquid scintillation counter, and gas chomatographs complement the standard analytical equipment utilized by science students. Microcomputers and VAX minicomputer ter– minals also assist in the scientific study and instruction conducted by the department. A new science facility serving the engineering, nursing, and science departments is scheduled for completion in the fall of 1992. The '"'""'"'"'""JIJUl.<L&JI The 66,000 square feet, two-floor library, the cornerstone of the Col– lege's 1987 Centennial celebration, brings together in one structure the latest technologies for higher learning. Located on a prominent site within the academic cluster of buildings, this facility provides general study and specialized seating for over 800 students, and the necessary information storage and retrieval support functions for continued quality academic pro– gram development. Designed to house a collection of up to a quarter of a million volumes, the library also contains a faculty development center, the archives of the College, a variety of seminar and group study rooms, and the Media Resource Center which includes a media production center, public access computers, a video studio, a rare, SONY language/learning laboratory, media-supported classrooms, and the CurriculumMaterials Center. The library presently houses over 120,000 volumes and provides over 900 current periodical subscriptions. Through an on-line computer net– work, OCLC, Inc., the library has access to over twenty-five million addi– tional books and other library materials in over 6,000 libraries in all fifty states, Canada, and several foreign countries. In addition, public access and on-line computerized indexing services are available for information retrieval.