Cedarville University Adopts TIND for Institutional Repository and Digital Archive

The university consolidates journal publishing, archives, and collections onto a single platform.

Apr. 20, 2026 at 12:00am

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Cedarville University has implemented TIND Institutional Repository and TIND Digital Archive, replacing their previous Digital Commons system and consolidating the university's journal publishing, institutional repository, and digital collections onto a single platform. The move has streamlined workflows, improved visibility into submissions, and reduced the administrative burden on the library's small team.

Why it matters

As academic libraries continue to modernize their digital infrastructure, the selection of the right platform is crucial. Cedarville's decision to adopt TIND highlights the growing demand for flexible, customizable solutions that can handle a range of institutional needs without excessive administrative overhead.

The details

Cedarville University selected TIND in order to gain greater control over metadata, workflows, and publishing processes while reducing the burden on their small team. Since going live, the university has seen faster peer-review cycles, better visibility into journal submissions, and a more efficient process for managing institutional content.

  • Cedarville University went live on TIND Institutional Repository and TIND Digital Archive in March 2026.
  • The university previously used Digital Commons and multiple other tools to manage their archives and journal publishing operations.

The players

Cedarville University

A private Christian university located in southwest Ohio, serving more than 5,000 undergraduate, graduate, and online students. The university offers over 175 academic programs and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

TIND

An official CERN spin-off providing commercial library management systems, digital preservation, and research data management solutions based on CERN open-source software. TIND serves academic, public, and special research libraries around the globe and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Kathy Carnegis

The departing Director of Digital Services at Cedarville University.

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What they’re saying

“TIND is nimble, innovative, and customer-centric. We were looking for a system that gave us more autonomy to customize our metadata and workflows without being 'nickeled and dimed' for every new feature. TIND's dashboards provide us with total visibility, showing exactly where a submission sits in the approval process, which has fundamentally streamlined our entire operations. TIND often builds the features we need before we even have to ask for them.”

— Kathy Carnegis, Departing Director of Digital Services

The takeaway

Cedarville University's adoption of TIND's institutional repository and digital archive solutions demonstrates the growing demand for flexible, customizable platforms that can consolidate a range of library management needs. As academic libraries continue to modernize their digital infrastructure, the selection of the right platform will be crucial for streamlining workflows, improving visibility, and reducing administrative burdens.