The IMRS Media Library presently contains over 10,000 video, DVD, laserdisc, CD-ROM, and digital film title. Of these titles, over 350 have been cleared for video duplication and circulation. During the past two school years, an average of over 35,662 items per year have been delivered to 186 schools.
With the expansion of the county's Wide Area Network, schools in Bucks have unprecendented access to high speed, bandwidth intense applications like digital video-on-demand. Through the IMRS Media Library, students and educators in the county have instant access to over 10,000 digital video titles through our various partners. Each is segmented into chapters and contains a wide variety of ancillaries, including quizzes, lesson plans, and blackline masters.
Both our traditional media collection and digital video collection are searchable through WebMax. Learn more about WebMax here.
Site-based video collections in literature and social studies are also disseminated to participating elementary and middle schools. These video collections remain in the local school building, usually in the library, for use by teachers in that building. User’s guides and activities have been written by teachers participating in this project. There are 40 elementary literature titles, 20 elementary social studies titles, and 29 middle school social studies titles being distributed on a yearly loan basis to approximately 55 buildings.
In addition, the IMRS duplicates over 3,000 tapes on a yearly basis for district personnel through the Video Production Center. These include titles that have duplication rights, and off-air broadcasts that are copyright cleared. Live, interactive teleconferencing is also available at the Intermediate Unit. All of the conference rooms are wired internally to provide viewing of the conference. With a telephone link, teleconference participants can interact by phone with the presenters from the point of origin without leaving Bucks County. The satellite downlink is also used to acquire educational blockfed programs and special presentations from across the United States. Worldwide transmissions can also be received. A videoconference, distance-learning facility is also operational for two-way audio and video communication for meetings and seminars
