RELEASE NOTES - TIND 28.0.0
We are pleased to announce TIND release 28.0.0.
The first TIND update of 2026 will contain some significant improvements to system management, including a highly requested orphaned records view and a granular user anonymiser service that you can read more about below.
We are also excited to tease the upcoming updates in production that will be coming your way early in the new year:
As we close out 2025, we want to express our gratitude for all the interactions, feedback, and exciting collaborative projects we have been part of this year. While we will take a short break now, we will be back in action very soon.
In January, we are planning a new round of the successful webinar “Ask the Expert,” where you can ask our team about anything and everything you have always wondered about. In February, we invite you to meet us to discuss our roadmap plans, which will of course include smart features and AI in TIND.
Additionally, we continue to expand both our customer base and our team, with several open positions currently available, so check out our LinkedIn for details on both.
An extra large welcome cheer to all our new TIND friends, and to absolutely everyone, have a peaceful and happy Holiday
The 28.0.0 release schedule is as follows:
> Release 28.0.0 Sandbox & Early Release Instances
> Release 28.0.0 to all TIND instances
[Privacy - ILS]
The patron anonymizer feature in TIND ILS allows for automatic anonymization of patron data while preserving circulation statistics, in order to comply with privacy regulations such as GDPR.
With this release, the anonymiser has been designed in a granular fashion, allowing system administrators to choose a practice that complies with their institution’s specific regulations. The default retention period for all data affected by this service is 30 days, but the anonymizer supports different settings for the following data types through configuration:
Circulation history
Loans
Requests
Fees
Search history
Patron/User account
The patron anonymizer automation tool is available to all TIND ILS customers. Contact TIND Support to switch on the feature in your instance, and read more about how this works in our docs here: TIND Documentation Portal
[Circulation - ILS]
You can now customize the messages shown for item availability in both the Brief and Detailed Views. Tailor messages for statuses like “On loan,” “On shelf,” or “On order” to better fit your library’s needs.
For help configuring your messages, please contact support and go here to read more about this: https://docs.tind.io/article/ywaha416ro-customised-availability-messages.
[Collections - ILS, IR, RDM, DA]
Probably the most practical present you get this year! Skye from our tech team has built something that has been high on the TIND admin user wish list for a long time - a list of records that lack a collection.
When a record does not have a value that adds it to a collection the record can become difficult to retrieve, as being part of a collection is what makes the record available in the search. These so-called “orphaned” records can be the result of a batch upload gone wrong or misspelling in the collection query term, and often end up getting replaced rather than found and fixed.
The new Records without collections interface allows you to filter on date and ID, limit/expand the number of results shown, and go directly from the list to the record for further inspection and action.
The list can also be used as a starting point for batch editing the records, and you can read more about this in our docs here: https://docs.tind.io/article/gmcyp57muh-records-without-a-collection-orphaned-records
