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Africa Regional Centre for Information Science

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P.O. Box 22133

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

ARCIS Programmes

The programmes of ARCIS comprise the following complementary components:

Higher Degrees

Master of Information Science (MInfSc) degree programme by course work,

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree programme by research, and

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree programme by research.

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Seminars and Workshops

Below are samples of National and Local Training Programmes organized by ARCIS

 National Training Programmes (Sample)

  Participants at training workshop organized in Accra, Ghana

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Code

Programme title

Target participants

Duration

NAT01

Government information & data systems for planning and management

Middle level public servants, socio-economic researchers in private industry

4 days

NAT04

Computerized survey and statistical methods, tools, and applications

Researchers, planners, and statisticians, consultants

10 days

NAT05

Computerized office and record management systems, tools and applications

Secretaries, clerical officers, record centre managers, office supervisors

5 days

NAT10

Data processing centre management

Data processing centre staff in academia, research institutes, and business centres

3 days

NAT12

Computer programming applications in archives and record centers

Archivists, record managers, registry staff, librarians

5 days

NAT13

Computerized indexing, retrieval and thesaurus construction

Information scientists, record centre staff, archivists, information analysts

5 days

NAT14

Internet publishing and web-page design

Publishing staff of book and newspaper publishers, business centres, etc.

5 days

NAT15

Data, planning and budgeting information systems for local governments

Local government coucillors and staff, local government supervising officers at state and federal government levels

5 days

NAT20

Computerized financial accounting and management tools for financial executives

Accountants, banking and insurance executives

5 days

NAT23

Information technology development and management in the public sector

Top and middle-level public servants at federal, state and local government levels

3 days

NAT24

Software and information systems project management

Information professionals, system and software designers, computer programmers

4 days

NAT 25

Designing and building data banks for public agencies

Database administrators, data administrators, system and software designers, statisticians

5 days

NAT26

Database management tools and applications

Database administrators, data administrators, system and software designers, statisticians

5 days

NAT29

Internet browsing, search and retrieval skills

Corporate information service personnel, Internet enthusiasts

5 days

NAT31

Business information systems design and applications

Business executives, information professionals

4 days

NAT32

 

 

CDS/ISIS for bibliographic resource management in libraries & information /research centres

Support staff in R&D units, PRS units, record registry staff, librarians, documentalists

5 days

NAT33

 

 

Acquisition, installation and use of library automation software in small/medium libraries

Librarians, record managers, record registry staff

4 days

NAT35

 

Planning and managing information systems

Corporate executives, Directors and Asst. Directors in government agencies

3 days

NAT36

 

 

Contingency planning and disaster prevention of corporate information systems resources

Corporate information executives, Directors of PRS, Office supervisors, database administrators

2 days

NAT38

 

Introduction to microcomputing

Persons with little or no previous computer experience

10 days

NAT39

 

 

Academic and research computing tools and techniques

Academicians, scientists, researchers, humanists

10 days

NAT41

Information system security and auditing

System and database administrators, information resource managers, auditors, software developers

4 days

NAT42

 

 

Spreadsheet for financial budgeting and control

Financial analysts, bankers, insurance executives, managers

4 days

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Local Training Programmes (Sample)

Participants at training workshop for local govt officials, Ibadan, Nigeria

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Code

Programme title

Target participants

Duration

LCL01

Basic computer skills

Persons with no previous computer knowledge/skills

4 weeks

LCL06

Webpage design and Internet publishing

Publishers, Internet enthusiasts and other professionals seeking business, office and leisure applications of the Internet

2 weeks

LCL08

Professional Desktop Publishing

Secretaries, publishers, printers and others

4 weeks

LCL11

Statistical Analysis & Interpretation with SPSS for Windows

 

Researchers, lecturers and students possessing only basic knowledge of statistics

4 weeks

LCL12

Database Management with MS Access/Visual Basic

Persons desirous of using MS Access and Visual Basic for office and business applications

4 weeks

LCL16

Visual Basic and Java Programming

Persons desirous of acquiring serious programming skills for Windows and Internet applications

4 weeks

LCL18

 

 

Using MS Powerpoint for Teaching, Seminar & Conference Presentations

Academics, researchers, business executives and Postgraduate students possessing basic computing skills

3 days

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