We would like to inform you that we have implemented an exciting new approach to the Provincial Gazettes Index. We invite all Provincial Gazettes users to read more about this enhancement:

The custom “What’s new” on the left of the screen which previously listed last updated PDF files is now available in an exciting new format. This page offers you in one glance and in an easy accessible format the current week’s index with links, on Gazette and notice level, per province.

The name of the previous “What’s new” has been changed to “Current Index” (carrying in a rolling format the previous seven days’ notices), and the name “Previous Indexes” has been changed to “Index archive” (carrying the previous weeks’ indexes).

You can also receive on a weekly basis, every Friday, a Provincial Gazette index alert in your inbox indicating new Gazettes and notices. Please email info@sabinet.co.za if you would like to receive this weekly index.

This page will be updated as soon as new Provincial Gazettes are received and shows the last seven days’ indexes. Previous indexes will still be available in the Archive.

We believe that this enhancement will add even more value to your day-to-day Provincial Gazettes experience. 

Please contact Client Services or email info@sabinet.co.za should you need any assistance or if you want to comment.

Sabinet is happy to announce that we have added additional features to the Retrospective Government Gazettes Archive.

 Three new features have been added for current subscribers: 

1. A “My Query” was placed on the right hand side of the results screen.  Underneath “My Query” you will see your search string that you have used for your search.
2. Secondly we have added a heading “Guided Search” next to the Search button on top of the screen.  At this stage it offers you a pre-defined search option for Government Gazette Indexes per decade. This option will make it easy for users who prefer to use Monthly Indexes.
3. The Advanced Search screen has been enhanced and the Notice Title has also been added as a separate field.  We believe this enhanced Advanced Search screen will be of value to our clients.

 What does Retrospective Government Gazette Archive offer?

Retrospective Government Gazettes Archive offers immediate access to the full text of South African Government Gazettes from 1910 to 1993.

1. Quality Service:
   • A dedicated project team has scanned and processed the Government Gazettes from 1910 to 1993 and is still adding value on a regular basis.
   • Although there are some isolated Government Gazettes from the earlier years not yet available on the system, the team is working non-stop to add these documents to ensure an excellent product.
   • Clients are alerted on the system about the progress made with adding the mentioned Gazettes on the system.
   • More enrichment (metadata) is continuously being added to the documents to add more value to this service.
2. A product you can trust: Sabinet is South Africa’s first supplier of online Gazettes and has been in the online information industry for more than 27 years.
3. Easy searching: This product offers very efficient Google-like searches.
4. Finding relevant documents: A quick response time and an automatic ranking process ensures that your document will most likely be displayed on top or in the first few results.
5. Faceted browsing: This functionality makes it even easier for you to find your required document since it allows you to refine your results even further.
6. Complementary services: Sabinet also offers a high quality Government and Provincial Gazettes service as from 1994 to date.

Should you have an enquiry please contact Client Services, tel: (012) 643-9500 or e-mail: info@sabinet.co.za

By: Bronwyn Engelbrecht and Ina du Toit

Sabinet’s SA ePublications started in 2001 with only three titles.

Today, almost ten years later, the SA ePublications service consists of 301 titles with new journals being added to the collection every month. There are more than 84 000 full text articles available with an average of 2000 (approximately 100 issues) being added every month  by our indexing team.

The majority of the titles included in the SA ePublications collection are accredited (DoE, ISI and IBSS) and is to date the largest resource of African full text material of its kind.

Some of the recent additions include:

•        African Journal of Business and Economic Research,
•        Packaging Review South Africa,
•        Phronimon, and
•        CSIR Science Scope.

Currently more than 250 institutions subscribe to the service of which 45 are international clients. There are a number of convenient subscription options available to these titles. For more information please contact info@sabinet.co.za.

Sabinet continually strives to provide the best possible quality and service to our clients and we look forward to growing our collection and product range even more. If you would like to suggest a title for incorporation into the SA ePublications collection, please send an e-mail to ina@sabinet.co.za with your suggestion.

Makupa Chuene

Makupa joined Sabinet in August as an Admin Assistant in the African Journal Achives Project department. He previously worked as an Information Officer for The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Johannesburg.

Makupa is a single, outgoing person and enjoys spending his leisure time socialising. He believes that in order for a person to have what you never had before, you must do what you never did before. Makupa also believes that nothing should be called problems, but instead called challenges.

The Sabinet Chairperson’s Fund has been supporting a number of projects in Tshwane such as ABET classes, Maths tuition, School children funding, Enterprise development over the past few years.  Last year, as part of this regional projects programme, the Sabinet Chairperson’s Fund offered funding to three community libraries for their projects. We are pleased to announce that we will be offering funding for projects in community libraries from regions other than Tshwane in 2010/2011 again.

The basic guidelines of this funding are as follows:

• a single project should not exceed R25000;
• a maximum of 3 projects will be awarded;
• the project must be community based;
• the project should make a measurable difference to the community;
• the project must be able to stand alone (i.e. the funding cannot be used for an existing or larger project);
• project proposals should be sent to the Sabinet Chairperson’s Fund – shamila@sabinet.co.za;
• the closing date for project proposals is 1 October 2010;

 
The following information should be provided in the project proposal:

• who will be the coordinator of the project;
• a brief description of the library;
• information  on existing outreach projects initiated by the library including outcomes of  projects (statistics, news clips, pamphlets, photos, etc can be used);
• a description of the involvement of the friends of the library or user committee in the library;
• information on the marketing strategies of the library;
• a detailed motivation for funding of the proposed project including
• a project overview;
• a budget of how the funding will be spent;
• benefits of the project to the community;
• proposals should not exceed 10 pages.

 
The Sabinet Chairperson’s Fund Committee will evaluate the proposals for funding and then decide on the proposals which best meet the above criteria. Project coordinators will be notified by 31 October 2010 if their project proposal was selected for funding.

It is important to note that once the project has been awarded, the coordinator of the project is required to provide a full report, news clips, photos etc. in order for us to report back to the Sabinet shareholders.

Charlene Vorster

Before joining Sabinet as a Product Coordinator, Charlene was employed by Meyer and Mahuntsi Attorneys as an attorney.
She loves spending time with her family and friends.  In her spare time, she enjoys scrap-booking, mosaic and reading.
Her personal motto is that, if you do something with passion and give it everything you have you will always make a success of it.

 Cornelius Parkin

Commonly known as CAP

Cornelius joined our Delivery Management Team as a Web Specialist. He previously worked at Integrat (PTY) LTD for 7 years and was the first employee to join the company.
He joined the Sabinet team with the hope to broaden his horizons and be an asset to the company as much as possible.
Cornelious is married and looking at having kids towards the end of 2011.
He plays the guitar (amateur) and writes music (mostly gospel) and poetry if he finds time.

His favorite quote: “Life is all about choice…”

A boon for the legal fraternity – fast, easy online searches to cut valuable man hours, and boost outputs

Sabinet is South Africa’s first supplier of online Gazettes and has been in the online information industry for 27 years.

Sabinet has released its Retrospective Government Gazettes Archive, a new product that will give the legal sector fast and easy access to the full text of Government Gazettes from 1910 to 1993.

Says Ros Hattingh, Managing Director of Sabinet: “Manually searching for gazetted information, especially older information, to support claims, cases and arguments can be tedious and frustrating, not to mention costly in terms of man hours and delays. Sabinet thus dedicated a project team to scan and process Government Gazettes from 1910 to 1993, making them available online to subscribers.”

Subscribers to Sabinet’s Retrospective Government Gazettes Archive will be able to easily search for the information they need, using an efficient Google-like search interface.

A quick response time and an automatic ranking process ensure that the document searched for is likely to be displayed on top or in the first few results of the search. And with faceted browsing, which enables finding the required document even when there is a large amount of uncertainty, searching is made easier.

Complementary services offered by Sabinet includes a high quality Government and Provincial Gazettes service, which gives subscribers access to gazetted information from 1994 to date.

Annual scalable subscription options are available to accommodate all clients, while ad hoc documents can be purchased on request.

Sabinet understands the value of information and the need for scrupulous attention to detail and therefore offers you information you can trust. 

For more information, please contact info@sabinet.co.za, the tollfree telephone number 0800 118 595, or visit the website: www.sabinet.co.za.