Ontario Public Library Statistics

Self-reported data from approximately 380 public libraries, First Nation public libraries and contracting organizations. The data includes:

general information including address financial information holdings information staffing information facilities information activities information including typical week data partnership information (2011 onwards) Data from 2011 and onwards is from a refreshed database. New fields were added for:

provincial funding types project grant types special collections holdings circulation of E-resources including E-books lending laptops program types readers advisory transactions information technology support In 2012, new fields were added for:

E-readers requests for accessible format materials business and economic partnerships. In 2013 more fields were added for social media visits and other professional staff.

In 2016 a field was added for indigenous language training and retention, while circulating and reference holdings information was combined.

In 2017 fields were added for e-learning services, students hired for a summer or semester, circulating wireless hot spots, and library service visits to residence-bound people.

In 2019 fields were added for Facility Rentals and Bookings, ‘Pop-up’ Libraries, Extended Services and Facilities, Government Services Partnerships, and Business and Economic Sector Partnerships.

The database uses the common name "LibStats".

Datasets available for download

Additional Info

Field Value
Last Updated August 20, 2024, 19:35 (UTC)
Created March 27, 2023, 11:04 (UTC)
Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Culture and Tourism
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
File format of the dataset.
.csv - text/csv
Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
2019-12-31
Time Period Data Span (start date)
Start date of the data in the dataset.
1999-01-01
Time Period Data Span (end date)
End date of time data in the dataset.
2021-12-31
GeoSpatial Area Data Span
A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.
Ontario
Field Value
Access category
Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
Open
Limits on use
Limits on use of data.
Location
Location of the dataset.
https://data.ontario.ca/en/dataset/ontario-public-library-statistics
Data Service
Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner
Owner of the dataset.
Tourism, Culture and Sport - Ontario
Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
Author
Author of the dataset.
Tourism, Culture and Sport - Ontario
Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
2023-02-23
Field Value
Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
Language
Language(s) of the dataset
English
Link to dataset description
A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
https://data.ontario.ca/en/dataset/ontario-public-library-statistics
Persistent Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
N/A
Globally Unique Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
N/A
Contains data about individuals
Does the data hold data about individuals?
No
Contains data about identifiable individuals
Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
No
Contains Indigenous Data
Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
Yes
Field Value
Version
Version of the datatset
08/07/2019
Source
Source of the dataset.
https://data.ontario.ca/en/dataset/ontario-public-library-statistics
Version notes
Version notes about the dataset.
Is version of another dataset
Link to dataset that it is a version of.
Other versions
Link to datasets that are versions of it.
Provenance Text
Provenance Text of the data.
Provenance URL
Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution
Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
GeoSpatial resolution in meters
Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions)
Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.
Field Value
Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
Field Value
Number of data rows
If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
Number of data columns
If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
Number of data cells
If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
Number of data relations
If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities
If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties
If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality
Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality
A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

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