Digital Library Services collaborates with various UCT departments as well as national and international bodies. On these pages you will find helpful documentation to assist you with various policies, terms and conditions. You are welcome to give us feedback on this guidance created to assist you with administrative needs for your data within your project, including successful funding applications - every bit helps to improve and sustain our services to the university community.
Data Practices
| What is Data? | a detailed description of different kinds of data |
| Good Practice: Managing Files and Folders | tips to organise your filenames and folders |
| Good Practice: Data Storage and Publishing | tips on where and how to store and publish data |
| Good Practice: UCT DMP Checklist | a checklist for completing your data management plan |
| Glossary | list of relevant data related terms |
University Data Related Policies
| RDM Policy | institutional policy on Research Data Management |
| Interim: Privacy and Data Protection Policy | institutional policy on data privacy (interim) |
ZivaHub Open Data UCT Terms and Conditions
| ZivaHub Policy | overview of terms and conditions |
| ZivaHub Regulations | detailed governance and procedures document |
| ZivaHub Terms of Access | document outlining access conditions of ZivaHub |
| ZivaHub Terms of Data Deposit | document outlining deposit conditions of ZivaHub |
Funder Guidelines
| Funder Guidelines (general) | |
| EDCTP2 | |
| Gates Foundation | |
| MRC | |
| NERC | |
| NRF | |
| NSF | |
| Wellcome Trust |