Virtual support for teaching & learning, and research

Reference and Information Hotlines

Support will be available from Monday to Friday, 08h30 - 17h00. 

Telephone

+27 21 650 3703 (Chancellor Oppenheimer Library)
+27 21 650 3704 (Chancellor Oppenheimer Library)
+27 21 650 3118 (Chancellor Oppenheimer Library)
+27 21 650 3134 (Chancellor Oppenheimer Library)
+27 21 406 6138 (Health Sciences)
+27 21 650 4089 (Special Collections)

Ask a Librarian
https://libanswers.lib.uct.ac.za/

Email
libraries@uct.ac.za

Faculty online teaching support

The Principal Librarians listed below will make themselves available to support online teaching by:

• Becoming part of the online learning faculty teams
• Advising on open access alternatives to print only material
• Facilitating electronic purchase of material to support T&L
• Embedding electronic information resources in LibGuides
• Embedding electronic information resources in Vula
• Supporting the publication of OERs and the depositing of that in OpenUCT for wider dissemination and accessibility.

Science and EBE Principal Librarian, Amina Adam – amina.adam@uct.ac.za
Law Principal Librarian, Sadiq Keraan – sadiq.keraan@uct.ac.za
Health Sciences Principal Librarian, Brandon Adams - brandon.adams@uct.ac.za
Humanities Principal Librarian, Alex D'Angelo – alexander.dangelo@uct.ac.za
Commerce & CHED Principal Librarian, Glynnis Johnson – Glynnis.johnson@uct.ac.za

Online learning support

Course and assignment support guides will provide supplementary multi-media resources to compulsory and recommended reading lists, as well as writing, referencing and research tips for assignments.

Subject-specific support

For more in-depth information support, please contact:

Interlibrary Loans Support

For support for electronic information not available at UCT Libraries, please contact Interlibrary Loans:

Digital Library Services

Digital Library Services (DLS) is committed to providing the UCT community with continued support for the full suite of research data services online, including:

• ZivaHub, the institutional data repository service to share UCTs latest research on an international scale. We will continue our data curation service on ZivaHub as normal.
• UCT DMP Our data management planning tool is fully functional and can be accessed outside of the University.
• OSF for collaborating on research projects is functioning normally and currently houses all of our training material for 2020 as well as our quick guides.
• UCT’s MyESRI Organisation, for online GIS training. Please contact uct-gis@uct.ac.za if you require membership to the organisation.

As secure access to the ZivaHub and OSF platforms is available remotely via UCT single-sign-on (UCT DMP post-upgrade 15th April 2020), you can continue to upload, edit, share and publish your research outputs while off-campus.

Email

DLS platform assistance or services: dls@uct.ac.za
GIS support: uct-gis@uct.ac.za

Special Collections

Special Collections will continue to offer virtual support to researchers, students and staff, whether they are members of the UCT community or not.

Monday to Friday 8:30 - 17:00
Email lib-spcoll@uct.ac.za for further information or assistance.