The document summarizes the goals and features of the open.uct.ac.za repository. It showcases open access to content from the University of Cape Town in order to make knowledge more discoverable, preserve content, and increase the visibility of African content online. The repository aims to make knowledge findable and accessible to help shape understanding and support meaningful learning.

1. OPENUCT REPOSITORY
open.uct.ac.za
The foundation for a vision
Laura Czerniewicz
31 July 2014

2. SHOWCASING

3. PRESERVATION

4. PRESERVATION

5. VISIBILITY
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6. VISIBILITY
o Counter to new open access policies in
Europe & USA
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7. AFRIPOLITANISM:
AFRICAN CONTENT ONLINE

8. DISCOVERABILITY
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9. LEGALLY OPEN
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10. CONTRIBUTION TO LEARNING
In order for education to
be most effective,
content must be presented
in a way that allows the
student to relate the
information to prior
experiences.
o Contextualised content needed for effective
learning
John Dewey, 1902

11. MEANING-MAKING & KNOWLEDGE
o Findable online content
• Shapes what is known and what
can be known
• Makes some knowledge visible
and legitimate and other
invisible and illegitimate
• Consolidates power through
normalisation
• Influences how knowledge is produced and reproduced

12. THANK YOU
to all who made
open.uct.ac.za
happen
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