Lesson 18Roles and functions of education media center

1. LESSON 18
ROLES AND FUNCTION OF AN
EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER
Nonito A. Ame jr
Gleselle Ferreras
Emerlyn Alba
BEED Gen.ed 2B

2. “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

4. VISION/MISSION
The Educational 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.
*It reflects and supports the philosophy of
the school.
*It shares and implements the schools aim
and objectives.

5. *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 and to desirable lifetime
intellectual habits,it introduces the students to the
resources available in the community resource
center.

6. EMC SERVICES
 ORIENTATION
All teacher are given an orientation on
the Educational Media Center. The
students are also given an orientation
on their first Media Instructional
Program class.

7.  SELECTION OF PRINT & NON-
PRINT MATERIALS
The librarians continually select and
acquire print and non-print material
that suits the needs, interest, and
special abilities of the students and
teachers.

8.  ORGANIZATION OF PRINT AND NON-
PRINT MATERIALS
A technical librarian organizes all the
purchased print and non-print materials for
easy retrieval.

9. CIRCULATION OF PRINT & NON-
PRINT MATERIALS
The Educational Media Center lends out
various types of materials to students and
teachers.

10.  REFERENCE
The EMC attends to request such a
bibliographic information from the card
catalog, search through books, periodicals,
pamphlets, documents and non-print
materials.

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

12.  MEDIA INSTRUCTION PROGRAM
The MIP aims to teach students to be skill
full and discriminating users of print and non-
print media.

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

14.  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.

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

16. PHOTOCOPYING SERVICE
A self- service photocopying machine is
available foe the faculty to Zerox material
needed. Students may also request
photocopying of library materials.

17. VIDEO & SOUND PRODUCTION
Simple production for class instruction,
program and school wide presentations are
put together in the audio-Visual area.

18. 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.

19. *An EMC is a facility designed for housing
and utilization of all educational media
w/in 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 fulfill its
mission and realize its vision by living up
to the school’s philosophy and aims.

20. AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER

21. It serves a myriad roles, among which are:
1. Center of resources
2. Laboratory for learning
3. Agent of teaching
4. Service agency
5. Coordinating agency
6. Recreational reading center
7. A stepping stone to other resources of
the community

22. What must an EMC have to be a functional EMC?
The evaluation question for a functional EMC
(Lucido & Borabo, 1997) give the following
elements:
1.The institutional media services
2. Media and Instruction
3. Classroom Facilities
4. Media Program