Scope the claim
Check public discoverability only. Do not convert a missing page into a claim that a service does not exist, or a support score into institutional prestige.
Calibration protocolDataset 2026.09-public-calibration-1
Check the evidence behind every public claim.
The Support Observatory publishes a bounded calibration set with the evidence and scoring notes attached. These packets make every profile inspectable without requiring a manual outreach campaign before readers can use the work.
The protocol
Four checks, in one fixed order.
This is not an open popularity vote or a request for testimonials. It is a structured check that a librarian, researcher, institution, or independent reader can reproduce.
Open every official source
Confirm that each URL resolves, is institution-owned, and supports the recorded observation. Third-party descriptions do not replace institutional evidence.
Check all six dimensions
Evaluate each note against the published rubric. Missing public evidence is a discoverability finding, not proof that a service does not exist.
Record an auditable outcome
Confirm the record or propose a correction with an official source and a required note. Accepted changes remain visible in version history.
Interpretation boundary
What a confirmation does not mean.
- It is not an endorsement, award, certification, or national rank.
- It does not evaluate faculty, research quality, prestige, or private services.
- It confirms the recorded observation against publicly discoverable official evidence.
- It does not turn the nonrepresentative calibration subset into a national estimate.
Evidence packets
Every audited profile has the same review surface.
InstitutionOutside checkPacket
Arizona State University Campus Immersion
Tempe, AZ · 1 official source
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY · 1 official source
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA · 1 official source
Stanford University
Stanford, CA · 1 official source
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI · 1 official source
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA · 3 official sources
Yale University
New Haven, CT · 1 official source
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ · 2 official sources
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA · 4 official sources
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · 3 official sources
Brown University
Providence, RI · 2 official sources
Duke University
Durham, NC · 3 official sources
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · 2 official sources
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD · 2 official sources
Boston University
Boston, MA · 2 official sources
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA · 2 official sources
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH · 2 official sources
Emory University
Atlanta, GA · 2 official sources
Georgetown University
Washington, DC · 2 official sources
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA · 2 official sources
Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington, IN · 2 official sources
Iowa State University
Ames, IA · 2 official sources
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI · 2 official sources
New York University
New York, NY · 2 official sources
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · 2 official sources
Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH · 1 official source
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA · 2 official sources
Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN · 2 official sources
Rice University
Houston, TX · 2 official sources
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ · 2 official sources
Texas A&M University-College Station
College Station, TX · 3 official sources
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · 2 official sources
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA · 3 official sources
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA · 2 official sources
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA · 2 official sources
University of California-San Francisco
San Francisco, CA · 2 official sources
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC · 2 official sources
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL · 2 official sources
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL · 2 official sources
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL · 2 official sources
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD · 2 official sources
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN · 2 official sources
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA · 2 official sources
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY · 2 official sources
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA · 2 official sources
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX · 1 official source
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA · 2 official sources
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA · 2 official sources
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI · 2 official sources
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN · 2 official sources
Corrections remain separate
Public access does not depend on institutional participation.
Outside checks and institutional responses are useful additions, not publication prerequisites. Every accepted correction must cite an official source and remains visible in version history.