Roles and Function of An Educational Media Center

ROLES AND
FUNCTION OF AN
EDUCATIONAL
MEDIA CENTER
“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 educational media center is a facility
designed for the housing and utilization of all
educational media within the school. It is a
basic requirement for school to render quality
service. It is not independent of the school.
Rather, like any part of the human body, it is
the unit in the school that cooperates with
other unit of departments that help the school
fulfill its mission and realize its vision by living
up to the school's philosophy and aims. It
serves a myriad roles and functions and
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.
EMC SERVICES
 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.
EMC SERVICES
 ORGANIZATION OF PRINT AND NON-PRINT
MATERIALS
• A technical librarian organizes all the purchased

print and non-print materials for easy retrieval.
EMC SERVICES
 CIRCULATION OF PRINT & NON-PRINT
MATERIALS
• The Educational Media Center lends out

various types of materials to students and
teachers.
EMC SERVICES
 REFERENCE
• The EMC attends to request such a bibliographic

information from the card catalog, search through
books, periodicals, pamphlets, documents and
non-print materials.
EMC SERVICES
 BIBLIOGRAPHIC SERVICE
• There are listings of materials and periodical

articles to publicize the new materials and
periodical articles in in the EMC.
EMC SERVICES
 MEDIA INSTRUCTION PROGRAM
• The MIP aims to teach students to be skill full

and discriminating users of print and non-print
media.
EMC SERVICES
 CLASS SUPERVISE 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 are brought to
the EMC to do research for a particular topic.
EMC SERVICES
 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.
EMC SERVICES
 MAGS ON WHEEL
• Selected professional and general interest

journals are routed in da different grade levels
& service areas. The service is given to
maximize the different subscriptions for
professional and personal growth of the
school community.
EMC SERVICES
 PHOTOCOPYING SERVICE
• A self- service photocopying machine is

available foe the faculty to Zerox material
needed. Students may also request photocopying
of library materials.
EMC SERVICES
 VIDEO AND SOUND PRODUCTION
• Simple production for class instruction,

program and school wide presentations are put
together in the audio-Visual area.
EMC SERVICES
 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.
EMC SERVICES
 EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER
• functions as a visual 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
involve 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. It
is a coordinating agency. It is a center of recreational, viewing, and
listening and it is a stepping stone to other community resource
centers.
• Educational Media Center functions as a visual
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 involve 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. It is a coordinating agency. It is a
center of recreational, viewing, and listening and it
is a stepping stone to other community resource
centers.
• An EMC is a facility designed for housing and
utilization of all educational media w/in a
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.
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

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ROLES AND

• All teacher are given an orientation on the

• The librarians continually select and

• A technical librarian organizes all the purchased

• The Educational Media Center lends out

• The EMC attends to request such a bibliographic

• There are listings of materials and periodical

• The MIP aims to teach students to be skill full

• It is a schedule program of activity

• Each grade level is given a subscription to a

• Selected professional and general interest

• A self- service photocopying machine is

• Simple production for class instruction,

• Different non-print media- materials are

• functions as a visual instrument as well as a basic requirement for

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