Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Records and Archives

Records and Archives Management is responsible for the university’s official recordkeeping and the preservation of the corporate knowledge of CPUT. Our purpose is to implement records management programs and to provide advice, assistance, guidance and training to all staff. Records and Archives Management falls under the portfolio of the registrar.

Records are created to support business activities and are kept as evidence of that activity. Records may come in many different forms and may be created or received by an organisation in any medium, such as:

• paper, electronic or microfilm records
• audio or video records
• documents or files
• plans, photographs or drawings
• handwritten notes or documents
• correspondence, forms or receipts
• conveyancing files.

Our services include:

• records classification systems
• records retention and disposition schedules
• disaster preparedness and vital records protection
• records management training and implementation projects
• methods and systems for the identification, transfer, and preservation of archival materials

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