OpenUCT repository @openuct
University of Cape Town's repository for research and teaching resources. http://t.co/EAY6lO0RMt Facebook: https://t.co/xTV62xa3lM openuct.uct.ac.za Cape Town, South Africa Joined January 2010-
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Landmark moment as UCT Press comes home news.uct.ac.za/article/-2023-…
The UCT Press relaunch will get underway in just under an hour. Do not miss the keynote address by former UCT Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Crain Soudien and the insightful panel discussion. Join the event: qr.link/CsPpob
Join the UCT Press relaunch on Thursday, 19 October 2023 from 13:30. Be part of the event as the UCT Press Board reflects on open publishing to advance access to knowledge and impact. Join the event: qr.link/CsPpob
Upcoming research symposium and UCT Press relaunch news.uct.ac.za/article/-2023-…
Upcoming research symposium and UCT Press relaunch news.uct.ac.za/article/-2023-…
Congratulations to @ingridthomson, senior librarian at @HiddinghHallLib on being awarded the 2023 LIASA-Sabinet Influential Library Leader of the Year Award! Well deserved and we are so proud of you Ingrid 💐👏👍
Very honoured to have been given this award by @LIASANews @SabinetSA #liasaconference2023 @UCTLibrary @HiddinghHallLib
OpenUCT down time for Upgrade @UCTLibrary, @UCT_news, @UCT_Research, @UCT_eResearch, @CILT_UCT
UCT Libraries Team meets the AAU Secretariat. It was a great opportunity to discuss the upcoming workshop on library publishing, and to collaborate with AAU to advance scholarly communication in Africa: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…
@StellenboschUni library shares why South Africa turned to read-to-publish agreements to support open access at the Regional Open Science Dialogue in Southern Africa, #openscience
@UbuntuNet also share the diamond open access Continental Platform currently being managed by @UCTLibrary available here: lib.uct.ac.za/openaccess/ser….
@UbuntuNet share the plan to provide open infrastructure to support open scholarship at the Regional Open Science Dialogue in Southern Africa #OpenScience while NRF deliberates efforts to support open data sharing in South Africa @NRF_News
The library's role is supporting climate justice is openly sharing research and data on @openuct & @zivahub, a big thank you to our colleague @niklas_zimmer representing @UCTLibrary in a panel: Open access and climate justice hosted by @Glencox at #TLC2022 hosted by @CILT_UCT
Our colleague at ALISE 2022 Conference. @yolandiswa presented in a panel on “Research frameworks for multiple ways of knowing: social justice, methodology, and policy” with Prof. Clara M. Chu, Lynn Connaway and Prof. Dick Kawooya. #alise2022 #conferences #socialjusticeeducation
#TLC2022 So proud of our colleagues👏👏👏💪💪💪 @UCTLibrary
#TLC2022 Scholarly & research capabilities: a social justice driven programme @ UCTLibrary
@Glencox joined by @JamesLappeman how students are co-creating digital open textbooks #TLC2022 #teachingandlearning #opentextbooks
#TLC2022 @BenitaMoolman, Janice and Janine discussing the undergraduate Social Responsiveness Curriculum project: Serving the decolonial imperative through curriculum change @CILT_UCT @ched_uct
With the 2022 Teaching & Learning conference starting tomorrow, have a look at the first half of the programme for a sneak peak of what to expect. For the full programme:👇cilt.uct.ac.za/sites/default/…
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