Country South Africa Location Rondebosch, Cape Town Director Ms Gwenda Thomas Date founded 1905 | Established 1905 Branches 9 Phone +27 21 650 3703 Type of business Academic library | |
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Size 1,2 million volumes, over 72,000 e-journals, over 28,500 print journals Address 7701, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa Hours Closed today SundayClosedMonday8:30AM–5PMTuesday8:30AM–5PMWednesday8:30AM–5PMThursday8:30AM–5PMFriday8:30AM–5PMSaturday9AM–12:30PMSuggest an edit Profiles | ||
University of Cape Town Libraries is a library based at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in Cape Town, South Africa.
Contents
- Branches
- History
- Repository services
- Manuscript Collections
- Political Collections
- Literary Collections
- Architectural Collections
- UCT History Collections
- References
The main library in the University of Cape Town Libraries system is the Chancellor Oppenheimer Library on UCT's upper campus and also includes nine branch libraries across the campus. The system holds roughly 1.2 million volumes and has access to over 100,500 print and online journal subscriptions. University of Cape Town Libraries system has substantial Africana research collections consisting of numerous monographs, periodicals, ephemera, and multimedia sources.
Branches
All of the sub-branches of the University of Cape Town Library system are:
History
Professor W.S. Logeman,a multilingual philologist at the then South African College (SAC) was the founder of what became the University Library. From 1905 to 1920, Logeman was appointed Honorary Librarian and became the first chairman of the University Library. To commemorate his contribution in the founding of the university's library system, the Logeman Reading Room within the Hiddingh Hall Library was established in 1967.
Repository services
UCTScholar is the University of Cape Town Library's digital repository. It houses digital collections and the University's Master's and Doctoral theses. The digital collections span diverse themes, including UCT history, South African history and oral history, as well as various formats, such as images, sound recordings and video. The collection of theses currently dates back to the 1990s. The Libraries' Digitisation & Digital Services Unit is involved in a retrospective digitisation project of all UCT theses. The aim is that all UCT's Master's and Doctoral theses, dating back to 1929, will be available via UCTScholar.
Manuscript Collections
The Manuscripts and Archives Department collects primary source material of historical value for use by the academic community and other researchers. It is housed in the J. W. Jagger Reading Room of UCT Libraries. There are currently more than 1500 collections, some of which are highlighted below.