Virginia's largest public research university consolidates digital collections and scholarly output on a single platform, migrating from DSpace and Luna
Fairfax, VA, and Oslo, Norway — April 17, 2026 — George Mason University Libraries (GMU) has selected TIND Institutional Repository (IR) and TIND Digital Archive (DA), migrating from DSpace and Luna to bring its research output and digital collections onto a single cloud-hosted platform.
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A Carnegie R1 institution serving more than 40,000 students, GMU generates significant volumes of scholarly and archival material across its campuses. TIND DA gives the Libraries a platform for managing and surfacing its growing digital collections, including over 600 archival collections and 14,000 rare books, with high-resolution image delivery and deep links that guide researchers directly to specific materials. TIND IR enables faculty and researchers to deposit, preserve, and share their scholarly output, supporting long-term access and discoverability.
GMU joins a growing number of academic and research institutions who are choosing to implement TIND DA and IR to power their repository and digital collection infrastructure. By consolidating these systems the university reduces backend complexity while creating a unified search experience across publications and digitized materials. TIND offers customized submission and workflow tools tailored to different asset types, while supporting shared administrative tools, unified batch uploaders, and a seamless discovery interface for end users
"By migrating to a unified, cloud-hosted infrastructure, GMU is not only streamlining staff workflows, but creating a truly modern, seamless discovery experience for their faculty and students, said Alexander Nietzold, CEO of TIND. “We are thrilled to welcome them to the TIND community.”
About George Mason University
George Mason University is Virginia's largest public research university, located in Fairfax, Virginia. Mason Libraries supports the university's mission of teaching, research, and public service through collections, services, and spaces that advance discovery and learning. Learn more at library.gmu.edu.
About TIND
TIND is an official CERN spin-off providing commercial library management systems, digital preservation, and research data management solutions based on CERN open-source software. Serving academic, public, and special research libraries around the globe, TIND is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. More info at www.tind.io
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