Short Learning Programmes

Workshop in Advanced Archives and Records Management (AARM) (77704)

Duration: 5 days

Target group:

Records clerks; filing clerks; records managers; archivists; manuscript librarians and other knowledge and information management practitioners.

Admission requirements:

Any level 4 qualification or at least two years work experience in a records centre, archives or registry;
And successful completion of the Basic Archives and Records Management workshop and the Intermediate Archives and Records Management workshop.

Registration periods:

Throughout the year

Course leader details:

Prof I Schellnack-Kelly
Department of Information Science
Tel: 012 429-6936
E-mail: schelis@unisa.ac.za

Programme administrator:

Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp

Purpose statement:

The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the concepts of knowledge management and the creation, management and preservation of audiovisual records and archives. Additionally, the module aims to provide students with an understanding of the knowledge management concepts of the knowledge economy, tools, technologies, techniques, mobilisation, knowledge audit, knowledge management strategies and management and preservation of audiovisual archives and records, including collection and preservation of oral histories.

Modules:

WAARMNK - Workshop in Advanced Archives and Records Management (AARM)

Syllabus/Content Topics: 1. Conceptual framework 2. Challenges of digital preservation 3. Standards and models 4. Developing policies, strategies and standards 5. Techniques, processes and practices of preservation 6. Introduction to audio-visual records 7. Documentation and cataloguing 8. Managing digital audio-visual collections 9. Oral history theory and methodology