These pages describe a core dataset for public library open data. Having standard data will enable local services to share data, and for open applications to be built from that data.
The core dataset is intended to be a series of data which all library services will collect, use and publish to help inform and improve local library service delivery – DCMS libraries blog
Datasets
- Events. Event attendance and outcomes
- Libraries. Location opening hours, types, and contact details
- Loans. Lending of library items
- Membership. Snapshot counts of membership of libraries by geographic area
- Mobile library stops. Locations of mobile library stops, and their frequency
- Physical visits. Visits of people into library premises
- Stock summary. Snapshot counts of library stock by item type
General notes
- Common field standards. A guide for fields that are common between datasets
- Technical schemas. The detailed constraints and requirements for each dataset in a computer readable format
Guides
- How to: validate a dataset. Instructions for checking your data conforms to each relevant schema, and what to do if it doesn’t.
We will ‘fix our plumbing’ to break our dependence on inflexible and expensive technology that doesn’t join up effectively. This means insisting on modular building blocks for the IT we rely on, and open standards to give a common structure to the data we create. – Local digital declaration