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KIN Campus

Research access built for learning.

KIN Campus is being developed to help universities and academic programs make Black-focused research easier to discover, understand, and use.

Become a KIN Campus founding partner
KIN Campus screen after signing in: the university library is linked, 1,284 journal subscriptions are matched, the course catalog is synced, and this term's courses each have a KIN reading collection.
What students see once their campus is connected. Prototype screen with an example institution and demo data.

Who it is for

Designed with academic communities in mind.

  • Universities
  • HBCUs
  • Academic libraries
  • Public-health programs
  • Black Studies departments

Use cases

Useful across the institution.

01

Students

  • Find credible sources for papers and theses faster
  • Understand dense studies in plain language
  • Learn to evaluate evidence, not just collect it

02

Faculty

  • Curate collections for courses and seminars
  • Stay current on research across disciplines
  • Bring research literacy into the classroom

03

Libraries

  • Extend access to Black-focused scholarship
  • Complement existing databases and discovery tools
  • Support research instruction at scale

Potential features

Built to fit how campuses work.

Features are being shaped with our founding partners. Here is where we are starting.
  • Campus-wide access
  • Faculty-curated collections
  • Research literacy tools
  • Shared academic collections
  • Institutional usage insights
  • Library integrations
  • Single sign-on (SSO)
  • Research alerts

Founding partners

Become a KIN Campus founding partner.

We are looking for a small group of institutions to help shape KIN Campus through an early pilot. Tell us a little about your campus.