University Of Cape Town Institutional Repository
University Of Cape Town Institutional Repository; UCT thesis template
OpenUCT is the open-access institutional repository of the University of Cape Town (UCT). It makes available and digitally preserves the scholarly outputs produced at UCT, including theses and dissertations, journal articles, book chapters, technical and research reports, and open educational resources. The repository has been developed in line with international interoperability and metadata standards using DSpace open-source software and is indexed by all major search engines. It was launched in July 2014 and is an online academic research information service of UCT Libraries.
UCT first expressed its commitment to openness in April 2008 when it signed the Cape Town Declaration on Open Education. This commitment was further cemented in November 2011 when UCT signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. The mechanism to share the knowledge produced at UCT became a reality when Council adopted an Open Access Policy in March 2014.
The OpenUCT repository was developed as part of the broader OpenUCT Initiative, a project funded by the Andrew W Mellon Foundation.
Institutional Repositories
Publish and preserve your scholarly outputs in UCT’s institutional repositories ZivaHub and OpenUCT. Available to all UCT students and staff.
ZivaHub
ZivaHub powered by Figshare for Institutions is an online repository that allows you to make your research data citable, shareable, discoverable, and reusable.
Use ZivaHub to access supplementary research data that inform scholarly outputs hosted on other platforms, such as OpenUCT.
Key features
- Get DOIs for your research outputs
- Comply with NRF and other funder requirements
- Control how your research outputs are accessed
- Validate and authenticate your research outputs
- Increase citations and boost your research metrics
OpenUCT
OpenUCT is the open-access institutional repository of the University of Cape Town (UCT) that makes available and digitally preserves the scholarly outputs produced at UCT including:
- Theses and dissertations
- Journal articles
- Book chapters
- Technical and research reports
- Open educational resources
For more information about UCT’s institutional repository, OpenUCT, browse through the OpenUCT FAQs
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