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.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Organization of print and non-print materials - A technical librarian organizes all the purchased
print and non-print materials for easy retrieval.
4. Circulation of print and non-print materials-The EMC lends out various types of materials to
students and teachers.
5. Reference-The EMC attends to request such bibliographic information from the card
catalog, search through books, periodicals, pamphlets, documents and non-print
materials.
6. Bibliographic Service - There are listings of materials and periodical
articles to publicize the new materials and periodical articles in the EMC.
7. Media Instruction Program - The Media Instruction Program (MIP) aims to
teach students to be skillful and discriminating users of print and non-print.
8. Class Supervised Research - It is a scheduled program of activity particularly
in Science and Social Studies.
9. Grade Level Newspaper - Each grade level is given a subscription to a
newspaper of their choice.
10. Mags-on-wheels - Selected professional and general interest
journals are routed in the different grade levels and service area.
11. Photocopying
Service - A self-service
photocopying machine is available for the faculty to Xerox materials needed.
12. Video
and Sound Production- Simple
productions for class instruction, program and school wide presentations are
put together in the Audio-Visual area.