Library membership
State Library of Queensland

Explanatory Information
Library membership data for State Library of Queensland, includes suburb, postcode, country and date of membership. 
Not included is any data identifying individual members. 
Please see State Library’s Management of Personal Information Policy 
About the dataset
Additional background information on how to become a member of State Library: https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/get-involved/become-member 
About the data files
A snapshot of membership data from State Library’s system. Some data is not clean, as State Library must correct new data entries. Due to changes in the registration form over time, some fields are empty or misattributed in the report. Edits to the data files include:
•	changed date to a numerical open data format YYYYMMDD
•	corrected missing and incorrect values
•	replaced blank and invalid values with “-“
The data is provided in a comma separated values (CSV) file. The file can be opened as a text file, or in spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel. Please note that if you are using Excel, it is best to use the Text Import Wizard and import all columns as ‘text’ rather than ‘general’ format. This will prevent Excel making changes to numbers or dates in the file.
Fields in the dataset
Creation Date
Numerical date – Day the member was created in State Library’s system. Format varies:
•	2019- have open data format YYYYMMDD ; e.g. 20060102
•	2015 has format M/DD/YYYY ; e.g. 1/02/2006
•	2014 has format D/MM/YYYY ; e.g. 2/01/2006
City
Text – Name of city or suburb in the member’s address. e.g. Red Hill ; Varsity Lakes
Postal code
Text – Postcode in the member’s address. e.g. 4055 ; E178PN
State
Text – Name of state or province in the member’s address. e.g. Queensland ; New York
Country
Text – Name of country in the member’s address. e.g. Australia ; Netherlands
Please send any questions or feedback about any of the datasets released publicly by State Library to opendata@slq.qld.gov.au.