LESS0N 18ROLES AND FUNCTIONS

OF AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER

Prepared by:Jerrelyn C. YamsonJerlyn D. Manlapas Jessa Albao

“ We have said that the best ideas in the world are to be found in a modern library.

But the modern educational media center must include excellence in varied media- not merely in printed materials.”

-Edgar Dale

An EMC is a facility designed for the housing and utilization of all educational media within the school. It is a basic requirement for a school to render quality service. It is not independent of the school. Rather, like any part of the human body, it is a unit in the school that cooperates with other units or departments that help the school fulfil its mission and realize its vision by living up to the school’s philosophy and aims.

EMC Serves a myriad of roles, among which are:

;

Center of Resources Laboratory for Learning Agent of Teaching Service Agency Coordinating Agency Recreational Reading Center Stepping stone to other Resources of the

Community

The Educational Media Center functions as a vital instrument as well as a basic requirement for a quality education by enriching all parts of the school’s educational process:

It reflects and supports the philosophy of the school. It shares and implements the school’s aims and objectives. It is involved in the teaching and learning process. It is a source center. It is a learning laboratory. It is a teaching agency. It is a service agency. A coordinating agency. A center for recreational reading, viewing, and listening. As a stepping stone to other community resource centers.

Educational Media Center Services

ORIENTATION All new teachers are given an orientation on the Educational Media Center. The students are also given an orientation on their first Media Instruction Program class.

SELECTION OF PRINT AND NON-PRINT MATERIALS The librarians continually select and acquire print and non-print materials that suit the needs, interest, and special abilities of the students and teachers.

ORGANIZATION OF PRINT AND NON-PRINT MATERIALS

A technical librarian organizes all the purchased print and non-print materials for easy retrieval.

CIRCULATION OF PRINT AND NON-PRINT MATERIALS

The Educational Media Center lends out various types of materials to students and teachers.

REFERENCE The Educational Media Center attends to request such as bibliographic, information from the card catalog, search through books, periodicals, pamphlets, documents and non-print materials.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC SERVICE There are listings of materials and periodical articles to publicize the new materials and periodical articles in the EMC.

MEDIA INSTRUCTION PROGRAM The Media Instruction Program aims to teach students to be skilful and discriminating users of print and non-print media.

CLASS SUPERVISED RESEARCH It is a scheduled program of activity particularly in Science and Social Studies. It refers to the class periods allotted to these subjects where the students are brought to the EMC to do the research for a particular topic.

GRADE LEVEL NEWSPAPER Each grade level is given a subscription to a newspaper of their choice. It is a service rendered to ensure that the faculty is updated daily on current events locally and internationally.

MAGS-ON–WHEELS Selected professional and general interest journals are routed in the different grade levels and service areas. The service is given to maximize the different subscriptions for professional and personal growth of the school community.

PHOTOCOPYING SERVICE A self-service photocopying machine is available for the faculty to Xerox materials needed. Students may also request photocopying of library materials.

VIDEO AND SOUND PRODUCTION Simple productions for class instruction, program, and schoolwide, presentations are put together in the Audio-Visual area.

MULTI-MEDIA SERVICES Different non-print media-materials are acquired. Teachers are encouraged to maximize use of their materials. The procedures for reservation and usage is teacher-friendly.

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