University of Cape Town Libraries

University of Cape Town Libraries
Country South Africa
Type Academic library
Established 1905
Location Rondebosch, Cape Town
Branches 7
Collection
Size 1,2 million volumes, over 72,000 e-journals, over 28,500 print journals[1]
Other information
Director Mr Reggie Raju (Acting Executive Director)
Website UCT Libraries

University of Cape Town Libraries is the library system of the University of Cape Town (UCT) in Cape Town, South Africa.

The Chancellor Oppenheimer Library is the main library in the library system and is located on UCT's upper campus, with seven branch libraries situated across various campuses. The system holds roughly 1.2 million print volumes and has access to over 100,500 print and online journal subscriptions. An Africana research collection can be found in the Special Collections Division and consists of numerous monographs, periodicals, ephemera and multimedia sources.[2]

Branch Libraries

An aerial view of the Bolus Herbarium library in the Botany Building, Upper Campus, University of Cape Town

A list of branch libraries in the University of Cape Town Library system.

History

Professor W.S. Logeman,a multilingual philologist at the then South African College (SAC) was the founder of what became the University Library.[3] From 1905 to 1920, Logeman was appointed Honorary Librarian and became the first chairman of the University Library.[3][4] To commemorate his contribution in the founding of the university's library system, the Logeman Reading Room within the Hiddingh Hall Library was established in 1967.[3]

Repositories

OpenUCT is the University of Cape Town's open access institutional repository. It houses scholarly outputs such as theses, dissertations, journal articles and other open educational resources. The platform was launched in 2014 and managed by UCT Libraries according to UCT's Open Access Policy.[5] The Libraries' Digitisation unit is involved in a retrospective digitisation project of all UCT theses. The aim is that all UCT's Master's and Doctoral theses, dating back to 1929, will be available via OpenUCT.

Zivahub is the University of Cape Town's open access institutional data repository, launched in 2017. The repository allows researchers to store and share their research data while supporting their respective scholarly publications.[6] Ziva is a Shona word meaning "to know".

Manuscript Collections

The Manuscripts and Archives Department collects primary source material of historical value for use by the academic community and other researchers. It is housed in the J. W. Jagger Reading Room of UCT Libraries. There are currently more than 1500 collections, some of which are highlighted below.

Political Collections

Literary Collections

Architectural Collections

UCT History Collections

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About UCT Libraries". UCT Libraries. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "About the Libraries | Libraries". www.lib.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  3. 1 2 3 Phillips, Howard (1993). University of Cape Town 1918-1949: The Formative Years. Cape Town: UCT in association with the UCT Press. ISBN 9780799214994.
  4. ↑ "History of UCT Libraries". University of Cape Town. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "About Institutional Repository at UCT (OpenUCT) | Open Access at UCT". www.openaccess.lib.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  6. ↑ "ZivaHub | re3data.org". www.re3data.org. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
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