Not only can a Technical Service Department page help the other members of the library, they would know more about us and how to reach us, they'll definitely appreciate the ability to use this page as a "holding tank" for things they need to know.

About Technical Services Department:

Technical services is a heart of library, whereby all matters that technical related to students, subject library staff, post their problems to us. All this the department are working together, one depend on another.

Technical services have various department: Cataloguing Department, Acquisition, Processing and Periodical Department.

Contact Info

Cape Penninsula University of Technology

Technical Services Department

Tel:(021) 959-6336/6841

Fax: (021) 959-6605 

About Department:

Responsibilities:

• Cataloguing library materials
• Processing
• Accessioning
• Copy Cataloguing
• Ordering Books

Different departement under Technical Services:

•  Acquisition Department

Acquisitions is a service-oriented department of the University Library that supports the University’s programs and mission through the expeditious acquisition of library materials, regardless of type or format.

Book Acquisitions is responsible for purchase of all non-serial information for Library stock. This includes all books ranging from undergraduate texts to research monographs, pamphlets, CDs, sheet music, audio tapes, videos, one-off or irregular microforms, CD-ROMs, reprints, access to digitised text, standing orders for series or multi-volume works.

•  Cataloguging Department

 Cataloguing services supports the teaching and research programs of the University by providing and maintaining access to selected scholarly information in all formats. The department provides searchable metadata for this information and preserves the physical and intellectual integrity of the library's collection.

•  Periodical Department

The Periodicals Department deals with newspapers, directories, travel guides, and many numbered series of reports and monographs as well as periodicals (journals, magazines, etc.) as commonly understood.

• Processing Books

Make sure that the material is physically processed, stamped, spine labeled, covered with plastics, and delivered whoever ordered the material / or to the relevant library branch.