Lesson 18: ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER

 

Mission/Vision - The Education Media Center functions as a vital instrument as well as a basic requirement for quality education by enriching all parts of the school’s educational process.

EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER SERVICES

 

Orientation

• All new teachers are given an orientation on the EMC, its program, role in the total Ateneo academic organization, services, facilities, guidelines and procedures during their in-service program.

 

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

Reference

• The EMC attends to request such 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 (MIP) aims to teach students to be skillful and discriminating users of print and non-print.

 

Class Supervised Research

• It is a scheduled program of activity particularly in Science and Social Studies.

Grade Level Newspaper

• Each grade level is given a subscription to a newspaper of their choice.

 

Mags-on-wheels

• Selected professional and general interest journals are routed in the different grade levels and service area.

Photocopying Service

• A self-service photocopying machine is available for the faculty to Xerox materials needed.

 

Video and Sound Production

• Simple productions for class instruction, program and school wide presentations are put together in the Audio-Visual area.

Multi-media Services

• Different non-print media materials are acquired. Teachers are encouraged to maximized use of their materials.