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
Information request
Our reference: 5973482
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Dear Immanuel Field
Thank you for contacting Buckinghamshire Council and your request for
information that was received on 6 February.
Request:
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.
We will handle your request under the most appropriate legislation.
You can expect to receive a response by 5 March.
The Council will be in touch if we need any further information.
Yours sincerely
Information Management Team
[Buckinghamshire Council request email]
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Dear Immanuel Field
Thank you for contacting Buckinghamshire Council and your request for
information regarding public libraries.
Please find our response attached.
With kind regards
Information Governance Team
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