LB# 18 ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER

ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA CENTER

The Educational Media Center is a unit indispensable to the teacher-training programs of the College. It provides the following services to the faculty, staff and students of the College: audio and/or video media materials recording services, production services, basic repair services, and consultant service on effective media utilization.

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 school’s aims and objectives.

It is involved in the teaching and learning process.

It is a source center. In it, different forms of communication and their accompanying technology organized and housed for easy accessibility and use.

It is a learning laboratory. It provides materials which will enrich and implement the curriculum; it encourages individual exploration and inquiry; it provides materials and facilities for research and self-directed learning.

It is a testing agency. It teaches students how to find information; it stimulates new interests; it encourages students to use a variety of media; it keeps teachers informed about new materials and welcomes their suggestions for purchase.

It is a service agency. In it, all procedures are established as the basis of service to students and teachers; schedules are changed and altered when necessary to serve a need; materials and equipment are circulated; use of media center facilities by individuals and groups is encouraged.

A coordinating agency – It serves as central depository for various forms of media; it encourages the use of those kinds of materials which are most appropriate for the specific learning task; it provides materials which can be used by individual students and teachers as well as for small group or class needs; it is one place in the school where anyone may come at any time.