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 Immanuel Feld,
Freedom of Information Request Ref: 3372
I refer to your recent request for information about Libraries.
The information that you have requested is not held by Epping Forest
District Council. Library services and provision within the Epping Forest
District is the responsibility of Essex County Council, who may hold the
information you are seeking. If you have not already done so, you may
therefore wish to contact Essex County Council at:
[1]https://www.essex.gov.uk/request-informa...
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your freedom of information
request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review
requests should be submitted within two months of the date of your receipt
of this response to your request and should be addressed to: Lynne Ridley,
Corporate and Data Protection Officer, Epping Forest District Council,
Civic Offices, Epping, Essex, CM16 4BZ.
Please quote the reference number above in any further communication
concerning your freedom of information request.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of an internal review, you have
the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner in
connection with the Council’s handling of your request. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours faithfully,
Beau Klusko
Epping Forest District Council
Civic Offices,
High Street,
Epping,
Essex, CM16 4BZ
(01992) 564000
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