Roles and Functions of an Educational Media Center

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ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER

Definition Mission/Vision Services Elements

“We have said that the best ideas in the world are to be found in a modern library. But the modern educational center must include excellence in varied media-not

merely in printed materials”-

--Edgar Dale

“We have said that the best ideas in the world are to be found in a modern library. But the modern educational center must include excellence in varied media-not

merely in printed materials”

-Edgar Dale

E.M.CEDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER

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A facility design for the housing and utilization of all educational media

within the school.It is more than a collection of

instructional material because it incorporates a systematic plan or

program in the proper use and delivery of effective instruction.

Definition…..



Mission/Vision 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



Orientation

Selection of print and non-print materials


Circulation of print and non-print materials

Reference Bibliographic Service

Media Instruction Program (MIP

Class Supervised Research

Grade Level newspaper

Mags-on-Wheels

Photocopying Services

Video and Sound Production

Multi-media Service

Orientation

All new teachers are given an orientation on the EMC ,

The librarian select and acquire print and non-print materials that suit the needs, of the students and teachers.


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

Organization of print and non-print materials

The EMC lends out various types of materials to students and teachers.

Circulation of print and non-print materials

The EMC attends to request such as bibliographic information

Reference

Listings of materials and periodical articles to publicize the new materials in the EMC.

Bibliographic Service

The MIP aims to teach students to be skillful users of print and non-

print materials.

Media Instruction Program (MIP

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.

Class Supervised Research

A service renders to ensure that the facility is updated

daily on current event locally and internationally.

Grade Level newspaper

Selected professional and general interest journals are routed in the different grade levels and services areas

Mags-on-Wheels

Self-service photocopying machine

is available for the faculty of library to

Xerox materials needed.

Photocopying Services

Simple production for a class instruction, program and school wide presentations.

Video and Sound Production

Different non-print media materials are

acquired.Teachers are

encouraged to maximize use of their

materials.

Multi-media Service

EMC is a facility designed for the housing and utilization of all Educational Media within the school.

It serves a myriad roles ,among which are:1.Center of resources2. Laboratory of Learning3. Agent of Teaching4. Service Agency5. Coordinating Agency6. Recreational reading center7. Stepping stone to other resources of the community

The Evaluation questions for a functional EMC (Lucido & Borabo,1997) give the following elements:

The Institutional Media CenterMedia InstructionClassroom FacilitiesMedia Program

Prepared by:Autida, GeorgeLazaro, Nickol Grace L

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