We are pleased to announce TIND release 28.1.0. 

This is a minor release with a variety of smaller fixes and improvements, including better handling of Z39.50 imports and patron creation, and improvements to DOI creation error messages and IIIF manifest. Take a look at the list below for the most interesting changes and bug fixes coming your way.

The 28.1.0 release schedule is as follows:

> Release 28.1.0 Sandbox & Early Release Instances

• January 27, 2026 (Early morning) - North America
• January 27, 2026 (Evening) – Europe / Asia / ANZ

> Release 28.1.0 to all TIND instances 

• February 10, 2026 (Early morning) - North America
• February 10, 2026 [Evening] - Europe / Asia / ANZ
  

Changes, improvements and fixes

• Email Notifications [ILS, DA, RDM, IR]: Text in email notifications to users did not wrap properly when recipient was using Outlook on mobile. This has now been fixed.

• Z39.50 Search Improvement [ILS]: ISSN has been added as an index to the Z39.50 search, making it easier to import journal records. The available search indexes for Z39.50 are now Author, Title, ISBN and ISSN.

• Patron Creation [ILS]: The Create new patron link in the patron search could previously be covered by a dropdown from the search bar when searching for a patron. This has now been fixed. The link has also been changed to a button for better visibility and accessibility.

Translations

• Message displayed in searches with no results is now translated into Arabic, Chinese, French, Norwegian, Russian and Spanish.