Founded in 1983, Sabinet is a South Africa-based aggregator and online publisher of journals and other literature produced in Southern Africa, and provider of digital services and platforms to libraries in South Africa. Sabinet's client base also includes research organisations, law firms and individuals. Sabinet aggregates and publishes electronic journal content in several fields: law; labor; medicine and health; science, technology and agriculture; and the humanities and social sciences. The databases are available through subscription or openly accessible on the web.
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1021 Bank Avenue
Centurion
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"We facilitate access to information." (2014)
Sabinet was established in 1983 as the South African Bibliographic and Resource Sharing Network (SABINET) by the universities and research institutions of South Africa.
Sabinet was previously a non-profit corporation, but is now a for-profit "social benefit" corporation. For the early history of Sabinet, see JohnWillemse, "The South African Bibliographic and Information Network (SABINET) as a Model for Library and Information Resource Sharing" conference paper for the United Nations Economic and Social Council, Economic Commission for Africa, 1995.
Sabinet is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors. The Managing Director in 2014 was Sabinet founder Rosalind Hattingh.