Friday, October 14, 2016

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.   

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