Greg Leppert

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...

This project is the first of many that @institutional.org is undertaking to help libraries and other knowledge institutions enable computational access to their collections. If you represent a library and would like to work together, we'd love to hear from you.

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...

Organizational decision-making is fertile ground for AI-assisted research, but board minutes often bury key decisions in narrative prose. Using reasoning models, we worked with U-M Library to extract & structure these decisions so researchers can use computational tools to study the evolution of U-M

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...

We're also sharing the pipeline we developed for Institutional Books that seamlessly dedupes, classifies, and enhances the data once GRIN Transfer brings it down. www.institutional.org/tools

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...

We learned this lesson over the months it took to download 1M of Harvard Library's books for our Institutional Books release. As a result, many libraries have yet to take full advantage of the wonderful resources GRIN provides.

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.

Tomorrow, it's our pleasure to host @ayahbdeir.bsky.social to talk about the power of data in building an AI ecosystem that's open, transparent, and fair. 11am ET on June 17th. Register at the link below to attend virtually.

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-...

Our goal is to develop methods and tools that can support expert staff at libraries everywhere, increasing the breadth of materials that can be digitized and the speed at which they’re made accessible to the public. Learn more at BPL: www.bpl.org/news/boston-...

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-...

IDI and BPL are working to change this by collaborating at the outset of a large digitization project, exploring how AI might complement human expertise and strengthen the process in its earliest stages.

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-...

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...

If you're part of a library, university, or other knowledge institution and interested in working with a team of data scientists to refine and publish your data, we'd love to chat. And if you're a data scientist or community builder interested in working with institutions, we're hiring.

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...

@karaswisher.bsky.social and @ylecun.bsky.social discuss our @institutionaldatainitiative.org in the latest Pivot. It's essential that we establish equitable and sustainable models for data access and stewardship in the age of AI, and IDI is working on exactly that podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Yesterday we launched the Institutional Data Initiative at Harvard Law School Library to work with libraries, government agencies, and other knowledge institutions to help refine and publish their collections as data, with an eye toward AI. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/inst...

Our launch is generously supported by @microsoft.com and OpenAI, and these projects are just the start. If you’re part of an institution, we’d love to hear how we can help. If you’re an AI/ML researcher, we'd love to collaborate. We're also hiring for our core team, here at Harvard. Reach out.

Yesterday we launched the Institutional Data Initiative at Harvard Law School Library to work with libraries, government agencies, and other knowledge institutions to help refine and publish their collections as data, with an eye toward AI. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/inst...

Our first project is a collection of 1M public domain books, scanned at Harvard Library as part of the Google Books project. We're fortunate enough to have the support of Google in releasing this dataset and will do so in early 2025 with accompanying analysis.

Yesterday we launched the Institutional Data Initiative at Harvard Law School Library to work with libraries, government agencies, and other knowledge institutions to help refine and publish their collections as data, with an eye toward AI. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/inst...

As a team of technologists who deeply value knowledge institutions, we designed @institutionaldatainitiative.org as a gear to help the AI and institutional communities, each moving at their own unique speeds, mesh and transfer energy between them. Energy, experience, and expertise.

Yesterday we launched the Institutional Data Initiative at Harvard Law School Library to work with libraries, government agencies, and other knowledge institutions to help refine and publish their collections as data, with an eye toward AI. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/inst...

Data access plays an important role in the development of AI models. It helps define who is represented in them, who they empower, and even who can build them. Data integrity, as a result, is important as well.