University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town Libraries
Scholarly Communication and Publishingopenaccess.lib.uct.ac.za
South Africa
Primary Contact:
Jill Claassen
Section Manager: Scholarly Communication and Research
270216501263
jill.claassen@uct.ac.za
Program Overview
To provide access to Africa’s “silent research” to the world.
Year publishing activities began: 2014
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (3)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (100)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5): 4
Open access focus (1–5): 5
Advisory/editorial board: no
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2018:
Library publications in 2018: campus-based faculty-driven journals (4); campusbased student-driven journals (1); monographs (5); textbooks (3); ETDs (15000)
Number of open access titles: campus-based faculty-driven journals (4); campus-based student-driven journals (1); monographs (8)
Number of paid titles:
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; audio; video; data
Disciplinary specialties: health sciences; engineering; humanities; law
Top publications: The Quest for Deeper Meaning of Research Support (monograph); Journal of Construction Business and Management (journal)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 80
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs): 0
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty
External partners: Public Knowledge Project
Publishing platform(s): DSpace; Islandora; OJS; OCS; OMS
Digital preservation strategy: digital preservation services under discussion
Additional services: marketing; outreach; training; analytics; metadata; ISSN registry; ISBN registry; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers; open URL support; dataset management; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; audio/video streaming
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: We have restructured the library to provide greater support for open publishing. We have expanded the number of staff in the section and have now created one section for repository management and another section for open publishing.We have grown our skills pool to ensure that the system does not implode. For every journal or book we have an experienced person with two or three people who are interested in open publishing. Two years ago we had nobody with the skills—now we have 15 staff that will be able to provide advice and guidance for the publication of a book or journal. View All Entries