Towards the establishment and implementation of an institutional repository at the University of Cape Town (UCT): a case study

The concepts of open access and scholarly publishing are still gaining momentum in Africa, especially South Africa. Increasingly, institutional repositories are being planned and developed by universities throughout the world especially in the first world countries, which have taken the lead. Institutional repositories have developed because of changes in scholarly communication where journal prices are high and libraries are finding it difficult to subscribe to them. Communication technology in the form of the internet brought a solution to the problem. Researchers, authors and libraries now advocate for the open access model of scholarly communication. This study explores the developments associated with the establishment and implementation of an Institutional Repository at UCT.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Library and Information Studies Centre (LISC)

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Macha, Annah Sephene

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• De Jager, Karin

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12077

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12077