Library Publishing Directory

University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town Libraries

Academic library · South Africa

Scholarly Communication and Publishing

https://lib.uct.ac.za/openaccess

Jill Claassen, Section manager: scholarly communication and research
Email: jill.claassen@gmail.com

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
To share and disseminate African scholarship through the inclusive and diverse lens of diamond open access publishing, driven by social justice to expand and increase local knowledge.
  • Publishing activities began: 2016
  • Stage of publishing efforts: Established
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: Most
  • Publishing Languages: English; French; Sesotho

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Advisory/editorial board: No
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 3
  • Individual people: 3
  • Students: Undergraduate student(s)
  • Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • Educational resources
  • Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • Grey literature
  • Journals
  • Monographs
  • Multimedia


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 3
  • Peer-reviewed: 2
Monograph/Book Publishing:
  • Monographs published: 5
  • Peer-reviewed: 2
Open Educational Resources Publishing:
  • Open Educational Resources: 3

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Constitutional Law for Students (textbook)
  • Dikeledi ha di wele fatshe (Sesotho drama)
  • Marketing to South African Consumers (textbook)
  • Fréquence Sud (journal)
  • Appendicitis & Appendectomy: A novel dramatised teaching video (OER)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Mathematics
  • Water
  • Engineering
  • Poverty alleviation
  • Linguistics

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs; Graduate students
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
    UCT Libraries now has UCT Press, the university press, in the library from 2022 and it resides in the Scholarly Communication and Publishing department: https://openuctpress.uct.ac.za/uctpress Prior to 2022, UCT Press was part of commercial publishing company and was running at a loss, hence the imprint came back to the university last year.
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: No
  • Program’s openness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): No

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • text
Software & Platforms:
  • DSpace
  • OJS
  • OMP
Additional Services:
  • author advisory - other
  • author advisory - copyright
  • audio/video streaming
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata
  • print-on-demand
  • training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • No digital preservation services provided

Policies