Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI

The stacks at Boston Public Library, one of the oldest and largest public library systems in the country. Aram Boghosian for Boston Public Library

Aram Boghosian for Boston Public Library

Boston Public Library, one of the oldest and largest public library systems in the country, is launching a project this summer with OpenAI and Harvard Law School to make its trove of historically significant government documents more accessible to the public.

The documents date back to the early 1800s and include oral histories, congressional reports and surveys of different industries and communities.

“It really is an incredible repository of primary

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