Data · dataset · 2023
Public Libraries
Listed in Connecticut Open Data
The Public Libraries data set aggregates individual library services and finance data to the town level.
Description
Public libraries provide free borrowing privileges and services to their patrons and receive financial support from local tax funds. Public libraries may be municipal, which are established by and administrative units of local government, or association, which are not units of town government but receive some public funding.
Some towns are served by more than one public library. Library visits include all persons entering a library for any purpose, including persons attending meetings or activities and persons requiring no staff assistance. Circulation counts all library materials of all formats lent out for use outside the library, including renewals.
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Registered borrowers are all town residents to whom a library has issued membership. Reference questions counts all interactions in which library staff provide information, knowledge, or recommendations to patrons. Town tax appropriation indicates the funds allotted to the library's operation budget from the town.
The Adjusted Equalized Net Grand List per Capita (AENGLC) measures town wealth based on property tax and income per capita.
Links
Get the data
- CSV data.ct.gov/api/views/kf75-36tt/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD ↗
download · from data ct gov
Where it is published
- Connecticut Open Data dataset page data.ct.gov/Education/Public-Libraries/kf75-36tt ↗
landing page · from data ct gov
Catalogue records · 1
- SODA API data.ct.gov/resource/kf75-36tt.json ↗
metadata API · from data ct gov
Topics
- Stated by source
- Education
- From keywords
- Social Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Open Data | kf75-36tt | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · data ct gov | connector:data_ct_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · data ct gov | connector:data_ct_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].socrata_category:data_ct_gov:education | source · data ct gov | connector:data_ct_gov@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data ct gov | connector:data_ct_gov@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ct gov | connector:data_ct_gov@1.0.0 | /resource/description |
| license_text | source · data ct gov | connector:data_ct_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · data ct gov | connector:data_ct_gov@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ct gov | connector:data_ct_gov@1.0.0 | /resource/name |
| updated_date | source · data ct gov | connector:data_ct_gov@1.0.0 |