The Books and eBooks category allows you to capture information relating to books and ebooks which one may have authored. Each entry is listed by Citation and Distribution Ready. A scholarly output is considered ready for distribution once the Own Department and Own Faculty fields have been completed. There is no restriction on the total number of entries you may add.
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 displaying any added book and ebook entries.
In the Edited section,
click Edit
next to the entry you wish to edit.
The Scholarly Outputs – Edit a Book (Editor) 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 Add Editor.
Enter the last name in the Last Name field.
Enter the initials in the Initials field.
If this person is currently involved with UCT, click Search UCT.
Click
to select the relevant person from the list and continue to the Primary
Editor check box
In the Institution extendable select field, enter or select your institution name.
If this person was the primary editor, ensure that the Primary Editor check box is selected.
If you want to add another editor, click Save & Add Another and repeat from step 5.
Click Save & Close.
The following message displays briefly: “Information was successfully saved.”
The Scholarly Outputs – Edit a Book (Editor) page reopens.
If necessary,
in the Editor/s list click
the up / down arrows to sort 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, enter 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 website address in the URL field.
Select the relevant peer reviewed option from the Peer Reviewed drop-down list field.
If this falls into the category of engaged scholarship, ensure that the Engaged Scholarship check box is selected.
Edit the details of your 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 faculty from the Own Faculty drop-down list field.
Select your own department from the Own Department drop-down list field.
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 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 (Editor) page reopens.
Click Save & Close.
The following message displays briefly: “Information was successfully saved.”
The Scholarly Outputs – Books and eBooks page reopens.
See also: Overview: Books and eBooks category