Library Technology Guides

CIF Southern Section goes live on TIND Digital Archive. TIND announced the official launch of the digital history archive for the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section. The platform will serve as a central repository capturing over 110 years of articles, photographs, and multimedia materials documenting the history of education-based athletics in Southern California. [Full Announcement].

The Center for Research Libraries selects TIND Digital Archive. The Center for Research Libraries has selected TIND Digital Archive to transfer and host its vast digital collection of more than 40 million files. By moving to TIND DA's robust and scalable platform, CRL seeks to improve the discoverability and long-term preservation of these materials. Migrating from a locally created system, CRL highlighted TIND's user-friendly interface and the ability to handle batch operations as key reasons for their decision. [Full Announcement].

UN Human Rights goes live on TIND Institutional Repository. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has gone live on TIND IR. This collaboration aims to create a worldwide database of academic publications, UN documents, reports, and other resources on the impact of unilateral sanctions on human rights. The repository leverages TIND IR's comprehensive feature set and user-friendly interface to ensure this vital collection is widely discoverable. [Full Announcement].

Oregon Health & Science University has gone live on TIND DA and TIND IR. Oregon Health and Science University, a renowned public research university and medical center committed to research, education, and patient care, has successfully migrated from Samvera to the TIND Digital Archive and TIND Institutional Repository solutions. In selecting TIND DA and IR, OHSU continues its commitment to optimizing digital asset management workflows and enabling open access to scholarly works now in a shared platform. [Full Announcement].

UN Human Rights Selects TIND Institutional Repository. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) has selected TIND IR. The repository platform is implemented by the ​​Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures to serve as a global resource for data collection and research. TIND IRs comprehensive feature set and user-friendly interface will ensure wide discoverability of the repository's extensive collection, allowing users to seamlessly submit and access relevant research. [Full Announcement].

CIF Southern Section selects TIND Digital Archive. TIND DA has been selected by the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section (CIF-SS) to convey the history of education-based athletics in Southern California. Assistant Commissioner Thom Simmons at CIF-SS said they chose TIND DA because of its user-friendly and intuitive qualities [Full Announcement].

Washington University implements TIND RDM as its new Research Data Repository. Washington University in St. Louis has gone live on TIND RDM. WashU Research Data is an improved and upgraded data repository to better support the research mission of Washington University, replacing their previous BePress installation. [Full Announcement].

The University of Southern Indiana goes live on TIND Institutional Repository. The University of Southern Indiana is now live on the TIND Institutional Repository and has fully integrated TIND IR with its existing TIND ILS install. Running both products in a single platform, USI has improved the discoverability of IR content for library users via catalog and discovery layer searches and established meaningful links between related IR and ILS records. [Full Announcement].

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library goes live on TIND Digital Archive. The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library has successfully gone live on TIND DA, migrating more than 15,000 historical images from a locally developed DAM solution. After selecting TIND DA due to its outstanding user experience and powerful metadata editing tools, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is excited to leverage the platform to make historical content accessible to the public, including videos, local newspapers, and historical artifacts. [Full Announcement].

The University of Michigan selects TIND RDM to archive social media datasets. TIND Research Data Management (TIND RDM) has been selected to power SOMAR, a new data repository dedicated to making social media data accessible to researchers. TIND RDM enables SOMAR to ingest and share large files while implementing new unique metadata fields for social media data. TIND's turnkey solution was implemented in under two months, providing social media researchers with a faster and more effective way to store and share their data. [Full Announcement].

Washington University in St. Louis selects TIND Research Data Management. Washington University in St. Louis has selected TIND RDM as its new research data repository, migrating from Digital Commons. TIND RDM will be used to share and publish datasets and supplemental files, including spreadsheets, protocols, field sheets, analysis scripts, and images. Supporting FAIR principles, integrating with DataCite, and offering a data curation workflow, TIND RDM offers WashU a strong foundation for sharing and publishing research data for long-term access and future use. [Full Announcement].

Oregon Health and Science University selects TIND Institutional Repository and TIND Digital Archive. January 20, 2023. The Oregon Health and Science University has selected TIND Institutional Repository and TIND Digital Archive as new repository systems. By moving both systems to a single platform, OHSU can streamline access and workflows for all their digital holdings. OHSU is migrating from Samvera. [Full Announcement].

The University of Southern Indiana selects TIND Institutional Repository. The University of Southern Indiana has selected TIND IR, migrating from DSpace. USI has been running TIND ILS for two years and will integrate TIND IR into their existing ILS install. They are looking forward to streamlining access and workflows by moving both IR and ILS into a single platform [Full Announcement].

IMarEST goes live on TIND IR and TIND DA. The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology has successfully migrated to the TIND Institutional Repository and TIND Digital Archive. “Working with TIND to develop our new and refreshed Library has been really simple and a very positive experience. Their dedicated staff were only too eager to help us understand the details of the project and they made sure any and all queries we had were answered carefully”, says Harry Williams, Content & Communications Executive at IMarEST. [Full Announcement].

The Kealakai Center for Pacific Strings selects TIND Digital Archive. The TIND Digital Archive has been selected by the Kealakai Center for Pacific Strings, launching the world's first digital archives of Hawaiian music history. The ability to accommodate culturally specific metadata fields, as well as supporting a wide range of media formats, are highlighted as key factors for selecting TIND DA. The Kealakai Center for Pacific Strings is a non-profit organization dedicated to the research, restoration, and celebration, of Hawaii and the Pacific region's enduring legacy in the musical arts and luthiery. [Full Announcement].

The International Fund for Agricultural Development selects TIND ILS. The International Fund for Agricultural Development, a specialized agency of the United Nations, has selected TIND ILS, highlighting the technological capabilities of the system and outstanding customer care as main reasons for their choice. IFAD was previously running on Virtua by Innovative Interfaces. TIND provides a modern and easy-to-use ILS system that will enable the IFAD library to make available external information and resources supporting IFAD's business activities in rural development. [Full Announcement].

The Folger Shakespeare Library goes live on TIND ILS. The Folger Shakespeare Library has successfully migrated from Voyager ILS to the TIND Integrated Library System. [Full Announcement].

Folger Launches New Online Library Catalog - First in 25 Years. Folger Shakespeare Library has launched a new online catalog to serve scholars, authors, artists, students, teachers, Shakespeare enthusiasts, and others interested in accessing the Folger collection which includes the world's largest Shakespeare collection and one of the world's three largest collections of early English books (1475-1640) and the 6th largest collection of titles from 1641-1700. It is also a resource for librarians referring to its bibliographic data to learn more about how to catalog rare materials. The Folger's new catalog is powered by the TIND Integrated Library System. [Full Announcement].

IMarEST selects TIND IR and TIND DA. The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) has selected the TIND Institutional Repository and TIND Digital Archive. IMarEST will utilize the TIND platform to provide web-based repository access for its global membership to over 130 years published research across disciplines of marine engineering, science and technology. In addition, it will publish new content to TIND created by its membership for wider audiences and public benefit. [Full Announcement].

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library selects TIND Digital Archive. The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library has selected TIND DA, migrating more than 15,000 historical images from a locally developed DAM solution. TIND DA will also be home to forthcoming digitization projects, including the digitization of the local newspaper. Excellent user experience and powerful metadata editing tools are mentioned among the key reasons for selecting TIND DA. [Full Announcement].