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Diploma in Archives and Records Management

P66,055.00

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This course intends to provide participants with the requisite knowledge to set-up implement and maintain knowledge, records, archives and information management systems for Organisation and support archivists and records managers in their professional duties. Participants of this programme will learn modules such as Introduction to Archives, Conservation and Preservation, Organisational Communication, E-Records, Knowledge Management, Marketing of Information Services and Research Project.

Target Group: BGCSE Holders with Credit in English and Pass in Mathematics. The course also considers in-service participants with requisite experience in the area of records management. These includes Records supervisors, records officers, records assistants, administration assistants, documentalists, information officers and library assistants performing records, archives and information management functions.

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Language	English
Learning Outcome of the Qualification	• Demonstrate knowledge of managing records of different formats throughout the records life cycle within the records management environment and in different contexts. • Demonstrate effective communication skills. • Apply different concepts, principles, and technologies of basic computing to guide effective implementation of computing solutions. • Demonstrate understanding of issues and techniques of preservation of physical and digital information sources. • Demonstrate knowledge on techniques of building library and archival collections and use of bibliographic sources to archive collection development (Library and Information Studies) • Apply knowledge acquired from a practical attachment within a work setting. • Apply practical actions to manage and protect electronic records in an organization. • Analyze the intellectual content of archival material to create optimal access (i.e., archival arrangement and description) and provide long-term historic importance (i.e., archival appraisal). • Demonstrate understanding on various methods of communicating and marketing information services in the records and archives management context. • Implement alternative strategies that help to sustain and enhance Organisational competitiveness. • Promote and contribute to the development and maintenance of a healthy and safe work environment. • Carry out basic research on an information management problem. • Describe ways organisations can sustain their competitive advantages through effectively harnessing knowledge assets and learning dynamics. • Demonstrate understanding on project planning, management, and structure.
Minimum requirements	• NCQF level IV or equivalent • Certificate (NCQF level V) in Archives and Records Management from any other recognized academic institution. • Students who do not meet the above requirements may be considered in terms of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Regulations as thus : • This qualification shall recognize both formal and non-formal prior learning and determine its equivalence to designated courses. Recognition of Prior Learning will be through access and credit transfer. • When selecting participants for admission, this qualification takes into account the wide variety of backgrounds and learning experiences of the applicants. Participants may be eligible to have this prior learning and experience recognized
Summative assessment	Summative assessment will constitute 60% of the final mark.
Mode of delivery	Full Time, Part Time, Block Release
Campus	Gaborone, Francistown

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