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

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...

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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