LESSON 18: ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER

                A source Center,learning laboratory, teaching agency, a service agency and a coordinating agency. These are just few words that can describe and summarize what educational media centers.  Educational media Center is also known as EMC is a facility designed for the housing and utilization of all educational media within the school. It is a basic requirement for a school to render quality service.

                The following are the EMC Services: 1) Orientation,2) Selection of print and non-print materials, 3) organization of print and non-print materials, 4) Circulation of print and non-print materials, 5) reference, 6) bibliographic service, 7) media instruction program, 8) class supervised research, 9) grade level newspaper, 10) mags-on-wheels, 11) photocopying service, 12) video and sound production and 130 multi-media services. These are made possible by the EMC that is adequately equipped not only with material resources but most important for all by manpower resources, the media specialists and the assistants. So, schools must provide or activate this EMC for quality education so that students have the opportunity to show their potentials and excel in the academic performance.;