Existing Books and eBooks Authored entries may be edited or updated, if required.
Each Books and eBooks Authored entry on this page will be listed in a new row and will be displayed alternately in a blue / black font colour. This formatting is only used within the Scholarly Output context and purely for ease of visual display of multiple entries.
See also: Overview: Books and eBooks category
Log in to the UCT Research Portal website with your UCT network credentials.
Click Scholarly Outputs.
In the Scholarly Outputs – Home page, click Books and eBooks category.
The Scholarly Outputs – Books and eBooks page opens with the various Books and eBooks Authored listings on the page.
In the Authored
section, click 
Edit
next to the entry you wish to edit.
The Scholarly Outputs – Edit a Book page opens.
Edit the ISBN number in the ISBN Number field.
Edit the title of the book in the Title of Book rich text field.
Click
Edit next to the author name
you wish to edit.
The Edit an Author dialog box appears.
Edit the author's surname in the Last Name field.
Edit the author's initials in the Initials field.
In the Institution extendable select field, edit or select your institution name.
If this person was the primary author, ensure that the Primary Author check box is selected.
Click Save & Close.
A message displays briefly confirming that the information was successfully updated.
The Scholarly Outputs – Edit a Book page reopens.
If necessary, make the following edits:
Click 
up / down arrow under Move
to sort the Author listings
by priority.
Select the status from the Status drop-down list field.
Edit the year in the Year field.
In the Publisher extendable select field, edit or select the publisher name.
Edit the place in the Place field.
Edit the number of pages in the Number of Pages field.
Edit the URL (website address) in the URL field.
Select the relevant peer reviewed option from the Peer Reviewed drop-down list field.
Select the intellectual property rights from the Intellectual Property Rights drop-down list field.
If this falls into the category of engaged scholarship, select the Engaged Scholarship check box.
Select the relevant submit to OpenUCT option from the Select to OpenUCT drop-down list field.
Edit your own contribution in the Own Contribution field.
A scholarly output is considered ready for distribution once the Own Department and Own Faculty fields have been completed.
Select your own department from the Own Department drop-down list field.
Select your own faculty from the Own Faculty drop-down list field.
If applicable, in the Own Research Group / Unit / Centre extendable select field, edit or select the name of your research group / unit / centre.
Edit keywords, separated by space, comma or semicolon, in the Keywords field.
Click Upload Contribution.
The Upload to OpenUCT dialog box appears.
Select the file version from the File to upload drop-down list field.
Select the Creative Commons licence from the Licensing drop-down list field.
Click Browse in the Upload file/s field.
Navigate to the location of your saved file.
Select the file to upload.
Click Open.
The File Upload dialog box reopens with your selected file listed below the Upload file/s field.
If you want to select another file to upload, click Browse to add another file and repeat from step 8.
If
you want to remove a previously selected file, click 
next to the uploaded file to remove.
Select the check box to agree to the OpenUCT non-exclusive distribution agreement.
Click Upload File/s.
The following message displays briefly: “Information was successfully saved.”
The Scholarly Outputs – Edit a Book page reopens
Click Save & Close.
A message displays briefly confirming that the information was successfully saved.
The Scholarly Outputs – Books and eBooks page reopens.
See also: Overview: Books and eBooks category