Data on public libraries by council

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Request for Information – WBC-FOI-04189 – Public Libraries

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Request for Information - WBC-FOI-04189 - Public Libraries

I refer to your request for information received on 06 February 2024. 
Please see the information below in response to your request: -

Your Request:

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.

Our Response:

Please see below for requested data:

Opening hours are per week.

Library Address 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
2 Closed
Allfarthing to the
Lane, public
Alvering London, SW18 in
Library 2PQ 46 46 46 46 2009 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
16 Ramsden
Road,
Balham,
Balham London, SW12
Library 8QY 56 56 56 56 56 56 46 46 46 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49
265 Lavender
Hill,
Battersea London, SW11
Library 1JB 56 56 56 56 56 56 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 54
309
Battersea
Battersea Park Road,
Park London, SW11
Library 4NF 46 46 46 46 46 46 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5
276 Magdalen
Road,
Earlsfield London, SW18
Library 3NY 46 46 46 46 46 46 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5
155e
Northcote
Road,
Northcote London, SW11
Library 6QB 46 46 46 46 46 46 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5
5-7 Disraeli
Road,
Putney London, SW15
Library 2DR 56 56 56 56 56 56 50 50 50 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53
2 Danebury
Avenue,
Roehampton,
Roehampton London, SW15
Library 4HD 46 46 46 46 46 46 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5
300
Wimbledon
Park Road,
Southfields,
Southfields London, SW19
Library 6NL 46 46 46 46 46 46 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5
75 Mitcham
Road,
Tooting,
Tooting London, SW17
Library 9PD 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
Opened
to the
public
11 Garratt in
Lane, 2010 @
London, 50
Wandsworth United hours
Town Kingdom per
Library SW18 4AQ N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A week 50 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46
Closed
38 West to the
Hill, public
West Hill London, SW18 in
Library 1RZ 46 46 46 46 46 2010 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
34 Lavender
Road,
York Battersea,
Gardens London, SW11
Library 2UG 40 40 40 40 40 40 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.5

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