To better serve the University of Washington community and beyond, the Educational Media Collection (EMC), of Classroom Support Services, a division of the Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, has been transferred to the University Libraries. The EMC is a diverse, historical collection of between 6,000 - 7,000 titles covering a wide range of educational topics in formats such as 16mm, VHS, laserdisc, DVD, and audio tape. In the past, only educational (K-20) instructors and government agencies were able to use or rent titles from the EMC for in-classroom and instructional use. It is the University Libraries' goal, whenever legally and operationally possible, to make all of its holding as widely accessible as possible.
Merging the EMC into the University Libraries will expand media instruction and research opportunities, as well as consolidate media discovery tools, for researchers and scholars. The Libraries will also take an active role in preserving unique or rare items in the collection. As with other media in the Libraries collection, the Media Center will restrict lending of the EMC to University Library borrowers and to Orbis Cascade Alliance borrowers. Due to the uniqueness or fragility of certain titles, some titles may be restricted to "Library Use Only." Similarly, due to the fragility of the 16mm films, these items will no longer be available for viewing. However, the University Libraries and Classroom Support Services will seek out and acquire--if possible-- copies of select 16mm films on such formats as DVD and VHS. Please contact the Media Center with questions about viewing the EMC's 16mm film content.
Requests for material from the Milo Ryan Phonoarchive (KIRO-CBS collection of broadcasts from the World War II years and after) should be directed to mopix@nara.gov. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) owns the original recordings and makes access copies so long as permission is granted by KIRO-CBS. To search the Milo Ryan Phonoarchive access NARA's Archival Research Catalog: http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/
The EMC web site will remain active until all of the EMC titles are processed. The processing, locating, and reformatting of the titles will be done over time, but as a first step, the DVD and VHS tapes were moved to the University Libraries Media Center on December 15, 2008 and will be available for circulation upon request. For a list of holdings, please consult the EMC website and forward all requests for titles to the Media Center at medialib@u.washington.edu or via phone at 206-543-6051.
For questions, contact John Vallier (vallier@u.washington.edu) or Jill McKinstry (jillmck@u.washington.edu).
To access EMC titles, click here. NOTE: this collection is no longer available to users outside of the University of Washington or Summit network.
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