--- title: Libraries Tasmania locations resource: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/ publisher: Libraries Tasmania licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2020-04-29 rows: 46 fields: 8 source: https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/409f7f64-35ef-4a70-8db1-dd737a6fabec/resource/599333a0-00c5-4682-9192-b78b253240bc/download/libraries-tasmania.geojson source_sha256: ccb6c90a988755447c216f4bad4060e080cf2531265621a7db775e8c9abd32cc language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Libraries Tasmania locations The locations of Libraries Tasmania's public libraries, one row per location, with address, phone number, email address and coordinates. Published by Libraries Tasmania under CC BY 4.0. National Digital converted the publisher's file to other formats. It renamed and typed the columns and kept only those the schema lists. National Digital made these changes, and the publisher is not responsible for them. Libraries Tasmania has not endorsed this site. Also called: Libraries Tasmania branches, Public libraries in Tasmania, Tasmanian library addresses and phone numbers. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/v/2020-04-29/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/latest/data.csv (7.7 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/latest/data.xlsx (12 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/latest/data.json (14 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/latest/data.geojson (18 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/latest/data.parquet (9.9 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/latest/data.sqlite (37 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/latest/data.duckdb - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/latest/data.gpkg (70 KB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/latest/data.geo.parquet (8.6 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/latest/data.ndjson (13 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/latest/data.csv.gz (2.2 KB) Pinned version 2020-04-29: `https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/v/2020-04-29/data.`. Dated versions keep their content. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/tas-libraries-locations/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/tas-libraries-locations/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/tas-libraries-locations/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/tas-libraries-locations/aggregate?group=wheelchair&metric=count Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive, except that `like` and `ilike` ignore case in the ASCII letters A to Z. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. When absent, rows come in the order of the file they are read from. For the newest versions that is the version's own data.parquet, which keeps the publisher's order unless the dataset sorted it. Any other version is read from the Parquet file the answer names in `file`, and when that file is sorted the answer names its sort in `order`, which ties follow too. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer from that version alone. Every version with a table can be queried, and `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists them. A query on a version the database does not hold is read from its Parquet file, and one that would read too much of it is refused with DuckDB SQL that answers it from the file. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `title` | string | title | | | `address` | string | address | | | `phone` | string | phone | | | `url` | string | url | The path of the location's page on the Libraries Tasmania site, as published, relative to https://libraries.tas.gov.au/. | | `email` | string | email | | | `wheelchair` | string | wheelchair | The publisher's yes or no for wheelchair access, as published. | | `longitude` | number | (longitude) | | | `latitude` | number | (latitude) | | Key: `title`. ## Versions - 2020-04-29: 46 rows, 8 fields, sha256 ccb6c90a9887. https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/v/2020-04-29/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Public libraries in Western Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/wa-public-libraries/) (WA) - [Libraries in New South Wales](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-public-libraries/) (NSW) - [Public libraries directory, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-libraries-directory/) (Qld) - [Public libraries in Victoria, Vicmap Features of Interest](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-public-libraries/) (Vic) - [Public library branch statistics, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-library-branch-statistics/) (Qld) - [Public library statistics by council, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-library-council-statistics/) (Qld) - [Public barbecues, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-barbecues/) (ACT) - [Public barbecues in the Adelaide Park Lands and city](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-adelaide-city-barbecues/) (Local) - [Park barbecue locations, Brisbane](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-brisbane-park-barbecues/) (Qld) - [Justice of the Peace and Commissioner for Declarations signing locations, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-jp-signing-locations/) (Qld) - [Current liquor licences by location, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-liquor-licences/) (Vic) - [Victorian public holidays, school terms and other important dates](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-important-dates/) (Vic) ## Attribution and citation Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Government, Libraries Tasmania locations, sourced 19 October 2026, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/libraries-tasmania-locations, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Government, Libraries Tasmania locations, sourced 19 October 2026, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/libraries-tasmania-locations, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/v/2020-04-29/ Harvard: Libraries Tasmania (2020) Libraries Tasmania locations, version 2020-04-29 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 19 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/v/2020-04-29/ Markdown: Data: [Libraries Tasmania locations](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/libraries-tasmania-locations), Libraries Tasmania, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 19 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/v/2020-04-29/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Libraries Tasmania locations as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/v/2020-04-29/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Libraries Tasmania locations in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/v/2020-04-29/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 46 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/tas-libraries-locations/v/2020-04-29/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Libraries Tasmania locations updated? Libraries Tasmania releases it irregularly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Libraries Tasmania locations commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Libraries Tasmania locations? No. The publisher is Libraries Tasmania, and its page is https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/libraries-tasmania-locations. National Digital converted the publisher's file to other formats. It renamed and typed the columns and kept only those the schema lists. National Digital made these changes, and the publisher is not responsible for them. The original sits beside every version as source.geojson with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What coordinate system does Libraries Tasmania locations use? Point coordinates from a GeoJSON file, which by the GeoJSON standard are WGS84 longitude and latitude. They are published as given. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects. ### What is in each row? One Libraries Tasmania location, with its name, street address, phone number, email address, whether it has wheelchair access, the path of its page on the Libraries Tasmania site, and its longitude and latitude. ### Does it give opening hours? No. Each location's opening hours are on its page on the Libraries Tasmania site. ### How current is it? The file on data.gov.au was last replaced in April 2020. Locations that opened, moved or closed since then are not reflected. This site checks the record for a new file and adds a dated version when it changes. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.geojson`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/tas-libraries-locations.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/tas-libraries-locations.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.