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A research center at Harvard working to strengthen society’s connection to knowledge by advancing our access to and understanding of the data that shapes AI.

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Greg Leppert@leppert.me · 2w ago

AI enables new forms of research, but only where information is computationally accessible. Today, @institutional.org and @umich.edu Library are releasing a structured dataset that makes 186 years of U-M’s Board of Regents Proceedings newly accessible. institutional.org/posts/instit...

Institutional Proceedings: 186 years of university decisions. | IDI

IDI and the University of Michigan Library have collaborated to release two centuries of the university’s governance decisions as a structured dataset that can be searched, analyzed, and reused.

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Greg Leppert@leppert.me · 9mo ago

Even if you're not a partner library, you might be curious about what it's like to work with GRIN. Our technical report has a wealth of details. arxiv.org/abs/2511.11447

GRIN Transfer: A production-ready tool for libraries to retrieve digital copies from Google Books

Publicly launched in 2004, the Google Books project has scanned tens of millions of items in partnership with libraries around the world. As part of this project, Google created the Google Return Inte...

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Greg Leppert@leppert.me · 9mo ago

When libraries join Google Books, Google not only scans their books, it also makes a wealth of image, OCR, & metadata available to them via the Google Return Interface (GRIN). But working with GRIN can be challenging, so we're releasing a tool to make it easier. www.institutional.org/posts/grin-t...

Announcing the release of GRIN Transfer

GRIN Transfer, an open source tool that allows Google Books partner libraries to more easily access their Google Books collection.

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IDI@institutional.org · 11mo ago

Join us tomorrow at 10AM EST: tinyurl.com/y3ye6cz6

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: IDI Talk with Michele Dolfi & Peter Staar on SmolDocling. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Please join us for a talk with Michele Dolfi & Peter Staar from IBM Research in Zurich to discuss their work on SmolDocling, an “ultra-compact” model for diverse OCR tasks.

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IDI@institutional.org · 12mo ago

Can a small visual language model read documents as effectively as models 27 times its size? Next Friday, IDI will host Michele Dolfi and Peter Staar from IBM Research Zurich to discuss their work on SmolDocling, an “ultra-compact” model for diverse OCR tasks.

IDI@institutional.org · 12mo ago

Can a small visual language model read documents as effectively as models 27 times its size? Next Friday, IDI will host Michele Dolfi and Peter Staar from IBM Research Zurich to discuss their work on SmolDocling, an “ultra-compact” model for diverse OCR tasks.

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Greg Leppert@leppert.me · last yr.

This Monday, @institutionaldatainitiative.org will host Petr Knoth to share his experience leading CORE ("The world’s largest collection of open access research papers") as the rise of AI brings new meaning, and challenges, to stewarding knowledge repositories. Join us virtually via the link below.

Greg Leppert@leppert.me · last yr.

Cohosted by @institutionaldatainitiative.org and The Berkman Klein Center. harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Open AI Development. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

For AI to truly benefit society, it must be built on foundations of transparency, fairness, and accountability—starting with the most foundational building block that powers it: data. Not long ago, ...

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IDI@institutional.org · last yr.

Today we released Institutional Books 1.0, a 242B token dataset from Harvard Library's collections, refined for accuracy and usability. 🧵

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Greg Leppert@leppert.me · last yr.

The @institutionaldatainitiative.org is proud to support The New Commons challenge. $100k grants along with mentorship. Let's get impactful data into the AI ecosystem.

The GovLab@thegovlab.org · last yr.

(1/4) CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR DATA COMMONS FOR AI 🏆Today, The Open Data Policy Lab (a collaboration btwn The GovLab & @microsoft.com launched The New Commons Challenge—an innovation challenge to foster the creation of data commons that can support generative AI developed in the public interest.

Greg Leppert@leppert.me · last yr.

As the @institutionaldatainitiative.org expands its mission, we’re announcing a collaboration with @bpl.boston.gov to develop AI-driven tools capable of accelerating new digitization at libraries across the world, starting at the Boston Public Library. institutionaldatainitiative.org/posts/using-...

Using AI to Accelerate Digitization at Boston Public Librarys

Today, as part of our mission expansion, we’re announcing a collaboration with BPL to develop AI-driven tools capable of accelerating new digitization of large collections at libraries across the worl...

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Greg Leppert@leppert.me · last yr.

I'm pleased to announce we're expanding our mission at the @institutionaldatainitiative.org with an open call for institutional collaborators, new digitization at Harvard Law School Library, and additional support to advance this work. institutionaldatainitiative.org/posts/open-c...

Expanding Our Mission: An Open Call for Collaborators

Today, we’re pleased to announce an open call for institutional collaborators as new support expands the research capacity of the Institutional Data Initiative.

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