Atlanta Campus Catalog 2009-2010 - Mercer University

committees. Various student government organizations serve as the voice of the students and
are liaisons with the administration and faculty.
Campus
The Cecil B. Day Campus of Mercer University is located on a superb tract of approximately
300 beautifully wooded acres in northeast Atlanta. The campus is conveniently
accessed from two interstate highways, I-85 and I-285. The campus houses the College
of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, the James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology,
the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, the Tift College of Education, the Stetson School
of Business and Economics, the College of Continuing and Professional Studies, and the
English Language Institute. Located in one of the major growth corridors of Atlanta, the
campus is conveniently close to a rapidly growing business and corporate environment,
as well as to an expanding population base.
The campus accommodates eight major academic buildings. The Davis Building, Day
Hall, the science building, and the student center were constructed in 1968. The I.M.
Sheffield, Jr. Physical Education Complex was added in 1979, and the Monroe F. Swilley,
Jr. Library was occupied in 1983.
A building for the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences was constructed in 1991,
adjacent to the science building, providing modern laboratories, improved and expanded
classrooms, and administrative offices for the college.
A new building for the McAfee School of Theology was completed in December of
1996.
The Georgia Baptist College of Nursing Building and the Business and Education
Academic Building were completed in 2002.
Monroe F. Swilley, Jr. Library
"Learning happens here" is both the motto and the vision of the Monroe F. Swilley, Jr.
Library. Students on the Atlanta Campus can pursue their research needs, both in this fine
facility, and virtually via computer.
Built in 1982, the library holds approximately 150,000 print books plus another 40,000
electronic ones, 1.9 million microforms, 900 print journals, and 6,000 full-text electronic journals.
These materials, plus videos, CD's, and DVD's support the programs of the six colleges
on the campus.
For materials that are inaccessible locally or online, the library may borrow them from
Mercer University's other libraries through BEARCAT, the campus's integrated library system.
Additionally, the library offers an interlibrary loan service, which allows students to
access a broad spectrum of materials from national and international sources. The Swilley
Library also belongs to the Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education, a metro-area consortium
of educational institutions that share interlibrary loan and interlibrary use privileges.
The library's other memberships include those in the Atlanta Health Sciences Libraries
Consortium, the Georgia Interactive Library Network, the American Theological Library
Association, and the American Library Association.
The library has both hard-wired and wireless networks for use by students and faculty
who have their own laptops or who wish to check out one of the library's laptops. For group
work, students may check out one of twenty group study rooms equipped with white boards
and laptop connections. The library has two multimedia seminar rooms with computer projection
equipment that graduate students may use if that equipment is needed.
Liaison librarians work with each college that is supported academically by the library.
The liaisons offer customized library instruction in regular classrooms or in the fully equipped
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