Also included in Archives is a small percentage of archival materials dealing with the CBN ministries. Special Collections Return to Table of Contents Special Collections include the University Archives, a CBN information file, the Clark Hymnology Collection of some 9,000 volumes, and student theses and dissertations. A beautifully appointed reading room with special displays is available for researchers at designated times. Located on the fourth floor, this collection of some 6,000 items is available by appointment only to serious film students and researchers. It contains several distinctive collections of 16 mm films including animation, documentaries, Christian, classic, silent and feature films.
Some items also are in videocassette format.
The Scott Ross Cultural Collection is also housed there. A printed listing of the film collection is available at the Circulation Desk as well as at the Reference Desk. It contains over 5,000 items of various formats of video and audio cassettes, sound recordings, CD and tape recordings. The Library is in the process of preparing a computer listing for the collection. The Curriculum Collection comprises the Curriculum Development Library, Education Information File and other instructional materials including K-12 textbooks, children and young adults literature, teaching kits, pictures, and charts.