Public Library Data

What open data is currently available for libraries? Here's a selection of links that may inform discussions (or workshops) on the day.
If there's any library data we've missed, please let us know.

Public Libraries UK

Authority
Datasets
Link
Aberdeen City
None
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Aberdeenshire
None
​
Sir Ynys Mon - Isle of Anglesey
None
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Angus
Mobile libraries timetable
​Open Data Portal​
Argyll and Bute
None
​
Barking and Dagenham
None
​
Barnet
Loans, locations, and visitors. Not updated for couple of years
​Open Data Portal​
Barnsley
None
​
Bath and North East Somerset
Loans (2014), libraries, mobile libraries
​Bath: Hacked open data​
Bedford
None
​
Bexley
None
​
Birmingham
None
​
Blackburn with Darwen
None
​
Blackpool
None
​
Blaenau Gwent
None
​
Bolton
None
​
Bournemouth
None
​
Bracknell Forest
None
​
Bradford
None
​
Brent
Active borrowers included in Ward Profiles
​Brent Intelligence​
Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr - Bridgend
None
​
Brighton and Hove
Location of libraries
​Council Website​
Bristol City
None
​
Bromley
None
​
Buckinghamshire
None
​
Bury
None
​
Caerphilly
Locations of libraries
​Council Website​
Calderdale
Locations, visits, running costs, reading groups
​Dataworks portal​
Cambridgeshire
None
​
Camden
None
​
Caerdydd - Cardiff
None
​
Sir Gaerfyrddin - Carmarthenshire
None
​
Central Bedfordshire
None
​
Sir Ceredigion - Ceredigion
None
​
Cheshire East
None
​
Cheshire West and Chester
Library addresses
​Council Website​
City of London
None
​
Clackmannanshire
None
​
Conwy
None
​
Cornwall
None
​
Coventry
None
​
Croydon
None
​
Cumbria
None
​
Darlington
None
​
Sir Ddinbych - Denbighshire
None
​
Derby City
None
​
Derbyshire
None
​
Devon
None
​
Doncaster
None
​
Dorset
County library blog RSS feed
​Council Website​
Dudley
None
​
Dumfries and Galloway
None
​
Dundee City
None
​
Durham
Locations of libraries
​Data.gov.uk​
Ealing
None
​
East Ayrshire
None
​
East Dunbartonshire
None
​
East Lothian
None
​
East Renfrewshire
None
​
East Riding of Yorkshire
None
​
East Sussex
Locations of libraries and mobile library stops
​Data.gov.uk​
Edinburgh
Locations of libraries and mobile library stops
​Edinburgh Open Data​
Enfield
None
​
Essex
None
​
Falkirk
None
​
Fife
None
​
Sir y Fflint - Flintshire
None
​
Gateshead
None
​
Glasgow
None
​
Gloucestershire
None
​
Greenwich
None
​
Gwynedd
None
​
Hackney
Locations of libraries
​MapHackney​
Halton
None
​
Hammersmith and Fulham
None
​
Hampshire
Locations of libraries
​Council website​
Haringey
None
​
Harrow
None
​
Hartlepool
None
​
Havering
None
​
Herefordshire
None
​
Hertfordshire
None
​
Highland
None
​
Hillingdon
None
​
Hillingdon
None
​
Hounslow
None
​
Inverclyde
None
​
Isle of Wight
None
​
Islington
None
​
Kensington and Chelsea
None
​
Kent
Use of Libraries, location of libraries (Data.gov.uk)
Kingston
Overdue library items
​Council website​
Kingston upon Hull
None
​
Kirklees
None
​
Knowsley
None
​
Lambeth
None
​
Lancashire
None
​
Leeds
Library locations, loans, visits
​Data Mill North​
Leicester City
None
​
Leicestershire
None
​
Lewisham
None
​
Lincolnshire
None
​
Liverpool
None
​
Luton
None
​
Manchester
Key performance information 2016
Medway
None
​
Merthyr Tydfil
None
​
Merton
None
​
Middlesbrough
None
​
Midlothian
None
​
Milton Keynes
Library locations
​MK DataHub​
Monmouthshire
None
​
Moray
None
​
Neath Port Talbot
None
​
Newcastle
Library locations, usage, loans, titles in catalogue, items in catalogue, energy consumption
​Council website GitHub​
Newham
None
​
Newport
None
​
Norfolk
Library locations
​Data.gov.uk​
North Ayrshire
Library locations
​Data.gov.uk​
North East Lincolnshire
None
​
North Lanarkshire
None
​
North Lincolnshire
None
​
North Somerset
Library locations, mobile library stops and days
​DataShare North Somerset​
North Tyneside
None
​
North Yorkshire
Library locations, PC sessions
​Data North Yorkshire​
Northamptonshire
None
​
Northumberland
None
​
Nottingham City
Library locations
​Open Data Nottingham​
Nottinghamshire
None
​
Northern Ireland
Library locations
​OpenDataNI​
Oldham
Library locations
​Data.gov.uk​
Orkney
None
​
Oxfordshire
None
​
Pembrokeshire
None
​
Perth and Kinross
None
​
Peterborough
None
​
Plymouth
Library locations
​Plymouth.TheData.Place​
Poole
None
​
Portsmouth
None
​
Powys
None
​
Reading
None
​
Redbridge
Library issues, visits and usage data 2012-13
​DataShare Redbridge​
Redcar & Cleveland
None
​
Renfrewshire
None
​
Rhondda Cynon Taf
None
​
Richmond
None
​
Rochdale
None
​
Rotherham
None
​
Rutland
None
​
Salford
Library locations
​Salford Data Quay​
Sandwell
None
​
Scottish Borders
None
​
Sefton
None
​
Sheffield
None
​
Shetland
None
​
Shropshire
Library locations
​Data.gov.uk​
Slough
None
​
Solihull
None
​
Somerset
None
​
South Ayrshire
New titles (RSS)
​Council website​
South Gloucestershire
None
​
South Lanarkshire
None
​
South Tyneside
None
​
Southampton
None
​
Southend on Sea
Library locations
​Data.gov.uk​
Southwark
None
​
St Helens
None
​
Staffordshire
None
​
Stirling
None
​
Stockport
None
​
Stockton
None
​
Stoke on Trent
None
​
Suffolk
None
​
Sunderland
None
​
Surrey
Library locations
​Council website​
Sutton
Locations of libraries, catalogue API (not working?)
​Data.gov.uk​
Swansea
None
​
Swindon
None
​
Tameside
None
​
Telford and Wrekin
Issues, visits, enquiries, computers, hours, premises, costs.
​Council site​
Thurrock
Locations of libraries
​Data.gov.uk​
Torbay
None
​
Torfaen
None
​
Tower Hamlets
None
​
Trafford
Library loans by category
​Data.gov.uk​
Vale of Glamorgan
None
​
Wakefield
None
​
Walsall
None
​
Waltham Forest
None
​
Wandsworth
None
​
Warrington
None
​
Warwickshire
Locations of libraries, new items in catalogue, library visits/loans/PC bookings
​Warwickshire open data​
West Berkshire
None
​
West Dunbartonshire
None
​
West Lothian
None
​
West Sussex
None
​
Western Isles
None
​
Westminster
None
​
Wigan
None
​
Wiltshire
Library news RSS
​Library news RSS​
Windsor & Maidenhead
None
​
Wirral
None
​
Wokingham
None
​
Wolverhampton
Locations of libraries
​Data.gov.uk​
Worcestershire
None
​
Wrexham
None
​
York City
Locations of library, Library visits
​Data.gov.uk​