Sources & Attributions

Sources & Attributions

Library Map was written and conceived on unceded Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung land.

If you believe I have breached a license in using your data, or attributed it incorrectly, please get in touch at librarymap@hugh.run

Contributors

These people have contributed to making the map:

Visualisation

Source Link License
leaflet.js leafletjs.com BSD-2-Clause
leaflet.geoCSV GitHub GPL-3.0-or-later
leaflet.pattern GitHub BSD-2-Clause
MapBox mapbox.com custom ToS
OpenStreetMap openstreetmap.org CC-BY-SA

Library services

The library service boundaries are derived from local government boundary data care of PSMA and accessed from data.gov.au.

Data about fines and lending periods is a mix of original research, plus data provided by State Libraries and Public Libraries Victoria.

Data about language holdings (TODO) provided by various sources.

Data about Integrated Library Systems (ILS) is mostly original research, with some data from State Library of Queensland, and some checked at Marshall Breeding’s librarytechnology.org site.

Source Link License
PSMA data.gov.au CC-BY 4.0
Victorian Government Directory of Public Libraries in Victoria © (fair dealing)
NSW Government Spatial NSW CC-BY
Queensland Government (Library Service data) Public Libraries Annual Statistics CC-BY-4.0
Stat Library Queensland Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin CC-BY-SA
WA NSLA statistics personal communication © (fair dealing)
Public Library Services (DoPC South Australia) Find a Library © (fair dealing)

Library locations

Library locations are generally provided by state government departments.

Source Link License
Libraries Tasmania / data.gov.au Libraries Tasmania locations CC-BY 4.0
Vicmap Features of Interest data.vic.gov.au FoI CC-BY 4.0
ACT Open Data Portal ACT Libraries locations CC-BY 4.0
NSW State Library (NSW library locations and contacts) Public library services © (fair dealing)
State Library of Queensland Queensland public libraries directory CC-BY 4.0
Find a library in the NT NT government website © (fair dealing)
WA NSLA statistics personal communication © (fair dealing)
Public Library Services (DoPC South Australia) Find a Library © (fair dealing)