Chancellor Oppenheimer Library
This library is also known as UCT's main library. Most of your learning material will be found here if you are an undergraduate Science, Engineering, Commerce, or Humanities student.
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Using the Library
Study Spaces
Find a safe and comfortable study space between or after lectures.
Print, copy, scan
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Interlibrary Loans
The Interlibrary Loans (ILL) Department is your link between the University of Cape Town Libraries and other libraries in Southern Africa and abroad. A required book or article not available at UCT may be requested.
Research Services
Scholarly Communication and Publishing
UCT Libraries are advocates for open-access publishing, providing resources for researchers to make their work freely accessible in various ways.
Digital Library Services
Digital Library Services supports Research Data Management and offers Digital Scholarship, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and data stewardship services to the research, teaching and learning communities at UCT.
Subject Librarians
From referencing, and searching skills to finding databases, our subject experts are a click away.
Services & Tools
An A-Z list of all library services and tools to support your academic journey.
Staff
Departments
| Directorate | Discovery Services |
| Acquisitions | Interlibrary Loans |
| User Services | Digital Library Services |
| Library Facilities | Government Publications |
| Shared Services | Scholarly Communications |
Subject Librarians
From referencing, and searching skills to finding databases, our subject experts are a click away.
Digital Collections
Digital Collections at UCT Libraries represent a selection of material available through UCT’s archival holdings, primarily held in UCT Libraries Special Collections.
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Our History
In the 1990s, funds were raised to redesign the existing Linear Library on the central Upper Campus.
In 2001, a newly built state-of-the-art library complex became the centrepiece of Upper Campus. The Linear Library transformed into a horseshoe-shaped structure embracing Sarah Baartman Hall, the centre of Upper Campus. The Jagger Building linked to its mirror-image on the north side of the Hall, the Otto Beit/Students Union Building, where the new entrance to the Main Library is now situated.
This new Library complex was renamed the Chancellor Oppenheimer Library in honour of its benefactor. Explore more