Publications Service Offering 2

1. PUBLICATIONS OFFICE

The Publications Office is located within the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) Marketing and Communication Department (MCD). As a service department to the University, MCD embraces the culture of ethics, integrity and ubuntu that guides the conduct of everyone in the organisation. Our work ethic underscores the University’s values of demonstrating total commitment to everything that we undertake, taking accountability for all our actions, delivering uncompromising quality service, and always searching for better ways of doing things.

2. PUBLICATIONS SERVICE OFFERING

The Publications Office provides publications-related services, i.e. design and printing, to all faculties, departments and units at CPUT. Due to its size and the volume of requests, the Publications Office has limited capacity. It relies on the cooperation of other service departments like Procurement and Finance; a number of external service providers like designers and printers; as well as necessary briefing and approvals processes, all of which have their own operating procedures and approvals systems. As such, all work must be scheduled timeously, preferably at least a month in advance, to allow time for all necessary actions and procedures.

For the most part, publications work related to scheduled institutional events is for the MCD budget. These include materials for registration, graduation, Open Day, convocation, professorial inaugurations, long-service awards, sporting events, communication and awareness creation of critical information, any events that involve university-wide participation, and official CPUT stationery items and forms. CPUT faculties, departments and units who request marketing materials for use specifically for their own purposes must budget for these materials.

The design of basic materials like the generic CPUT electronic event invitation and save-thedate, and programmes that do not require professional design can be produced in-house and may be provided by the Publications Office, subject to staff capacity, and need to be scheduled timeously.