Data on public libraries by council
Dear Madam/Sir,
My name is Immanuel Feld and I am a researcher at the University of Warwick. My research focusses on local governments and the provision of public goods. I am thus interested in collecting information on the public libraries run by local councils.
Specifically, under the FOI legislation, I request a list of all public libraries run by your council between 2005 and 2022. Additionally, could you please provide information on dates of opening and closure (with at least year-month precision) if they started or ceased operation over that period. Lastly, could you please provide information on opening and closing hours of the library in that given year?
That means the final dataset would have the following columns:
Name of the library, address, date of opening, date of closing, opening hours in year 2005, opening hours in year 2006, … , opening hours in year 2022.
If collecting daily opening hours is not possible, annual opening hours are sufficient, too.
I am happy with whatever format of the data is the most suitable to you and I don’t have any issue in combining multiple files.
Yours faithfully,
Immanuel Feld
Dear Mr Feld,
FOI request: FOI-1309
Thank you for your request dated 06/02/2024
Your request will be answered by 05/03/2024
If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.
Yours sincerely,
David White
Head of Information, Safety and Community Services
Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central
Royal Borough of Greenwich
* 3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ
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Dear Mr Feld,
Freedom of Information request: FOI-1309
Thank you for your request dated 06/02/2024
My research focusses on local governments and the provision of public
goods. I am thus interested in collecting information on the public
libraries run by local councils.
Specifically, under the FOI legislation, I request a list of all public
libraries run by your council between 2005 and 2022. Additionally, could
you please provide information on dates of opening and closure (with at
least year-month precision) if they started or ceased operation over that
period. Lastly, could you please provide information on opening and
closing hours of the library in that given year?
That means the final dataset would have the following columns:
Name of the library, address, date of opening, date of closing, opening
hours in year 2005, opening hours in year 2006, … , opening hours in year
2022.
If collecting daily opening hours is not possible, annual opening hours
are sufficient, too.
Our response is as follows:
Please see attached.
If you have any queries about this correspondence, please contact me,
quoting the reference number above.
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Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
David White
Head of Information, Safety and Community Services
Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central
Royal Borough of Greenwich
* 3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ
8[2]www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk
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From: foi <[Greenwich Borough Council request email]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 4:07 PM
To: 'Immanuel Feld' <[FOI #1081500 email]>
Cc: foi <[Greenwich Borough Council request email]>
Subject: FOI-1309: Freedom of Information request - Data on public
libraries by council
Dear Mr Feld,
FOI request: FOI-1309
Thank you for your request dated 06/02/2024
Your request will be answered by 05/03/2024
If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.
Yours sincerely,
David White
Head of Information, Safety and Community Services
Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central
Royal Borough of Greenwich
* 3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ
8 [3]www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk
ü Please consider the environment before printing this email
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