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Imagine a library space without books but with amazing virtual services and experts on hand to support you

Most state-of-the-art lecture theatres at UCT ban food and drinks within their walls. Now, the interested public can kick back at their leisu

In January 2013, Linda Kelly (subject librarian: Archaeology, EGS, Oceanography) visited Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and learned that Tufts University along with Harvard and MIT had developed an open source geoportal platform for the ma

The Other Camera, produced by Special Collections, UCT Libraries, is an exhibition celebrating and exploring the genre of vernacular photography from South Africa. 

In celebration of Neville Alexander’s birthday today—​22 October—UCT Libraries: Special collections and Archives, is pleased to announce the inclusion of the Neville Alexander Papers (BC 1538) into our Manuscripts

"The University of Cape Town established an eResearch Centre in response to the needs of our researchers. It is a facility comprised of people and equipment aimed at worki

Among the university’s special collections are numerous scientific archives: papers, notebooks, photographs and plates that document – mostly by hand – scientific endeavour and discovery

UCT reached another milestone in its open access journey last month when the OpenUCT institutional repository was formally launched. The repository will enable UCT lecturers and researchers to legally and freely make available their research, teaching

What do we stand to learn from history? For UCT curator-cum-archivist Renate Meyer, the Sankofa bird, a West African symbol, illustrates what she means when she talks about historical archive collections “talking bac

Lecturers at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are increasingly reporting low lecture attendance rates but research into the reasons why is scant. Wanting to know more, Nadira Majudith and Professor Jeffrey Bagraim undertook a study to better understan