Provides students with the knowledge and skill in the use of appropriate educational resources in the promotion of reading, listening, and viewing literacy. Students examine a wide variety of resources appropriate for use with K 12 students.
Students learn to assess students interests, goals, and abilities to provide resource advisory.
EDM 3222 Organization of Educational Resources 2 cr. Provides students with the knowledge and skill in cataloging and classification to organize educational resources in both print and electronic collections. Students explore automated systems, evaluate these systems, and determine systems appropriate for individual media centers. EDM 3224 Collection Development of Educational Resources 2 cr. Prepares the student to develop a media collection and the policies and procedures that support the collection.