Digital Collaboration Spaces at UCT

This is an edited recording of a webinar, together with slides, for the presentation Digital Collaboration Spaces at UCT given on Wednesday, October 2nd 2024, as part of the Digital Scholarship Series for researchers at UCT.

Working in a research group can be quite exciting, and the outputs that come out of collaborative work can be extremely valuable. However, it is not always easy to find a space to keep track of all the comings and goings of data. In this session, we look at platforms, provided through UCT, that enhance collaboration between researchers and assist them to work together. We will look at SharePoint (Microsoft), the Open Science Framework (OSF) and ZivaHub as collaboration tools to see which might suit your project best. After this session, you will transform into unstoppable digital collaborators!

The Digital Scholar Series is run out of Digital Library Services at UCT Libraries. It aims to showcase some of the digital practices and tools available to enhance research skills, with an ongoing focus on managing research data efficiently. Topics covered deal with the management of digital materials for research (what some of us call ‘data’) and touch on digital topics throughout the research lifecycle.