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Sabinet has various listservs that clients can subscribe to. When you are subscribed to a listserv, you will receive regular e-mail regarding new products, training, system maintenance warnings etc. Only subscribers to a list can place a message on the list.

Available Lists:

African Journal Archive Listserv

Subscribers to this list will receive news related to the African Journal Archive.


Sabinet E-Journals Alerts

Subscribers to this list will receive alerts of new published Journal Issues from Sabinet.


SabiList Listserv (Subscribers Only)

Sabilist is used as a formal communication medium to inform clients about new products, training, system maintenance warnings etc.

No advertisements or general notices are allowed on the SabiList Listserve. Advertisements and general notices may be announced on our SabiNews List. (See guidelines below)
The following guidelines will apply to the use of Sabilist:
  • Please do NOT press the reply button and reply to the whole listserve - please note the e-mail address supplied of the sender and send your reply directly to them.
  • Please do not use Sabilist for general committee matters of committees in the information industry. Conferences may be announced on Sabinews.
  • No advertisements will be allowed on Sabilist. Sabinews is available for this purpose.
  • No other institution advertisements, e.g. lists of books, titles available, will be allowed on Sabilist. These advertisements can be placed on Sabinews.
  • We welcome any relevant discussion on the list with regard to the information industry.
  • Via Sabilist, we will also supply you with support tips, technical tips, tips from training sessions and other training info, etc.
  • We still intend to use the listserver as the most effective way of communicating problems with regard to our service, downtime, etc. to clients.

SabiNews Listserv

Clients are invited to make general announcements on this bulletin, non-competitive advertisements may be placed and any other news from clients can be placed here. (Hosted on Google Groups)


SabiCat Listserv

The SabiCat listserv serves as a means of communication for all persons concerned with cataloguing. This includes messages concerning issues, problems, etc with regard to the SabiCat product as well as other general comments.

Interlending Listserv (previously IL-Ariel List)

The purpose of this Listserv is to serve as a means of communication for all persons concerned with Interlibrary loan issues, whether ReQuest, Ariel or International ILL. This includes messages concerning off-line libraries and Ariel workstations, new ILL and Ariel users, etc. as well as any other ILL discussions.

QuestionPoint Listserv


RDA-South Africa Listserv

This is a group for anybody interested in the implementation of RDA in their organisation.