Open Data Maturity Assessments
State Library of Queensland

Explanatory Information
This open dataset contains scores and answers from the State Library of Queensland’s annual Open Data Pathway maturity assessment results.
About the dataset
Every year State Library completes the ODI Open Data Pathway maturity assessment to review the activities of our open data program. The Open Data Pathway is a self-assessment tool developed by the Open Data Institute (ODI) in the UK.
The assessment poses a series of multiple-choice questions based around the themes of Data management processes, Knowledge & skills, Customer support & engagement, Investment & financial performance, and Strategic oversight. The answers we provide allow the tool to score our progress for each theme. These results help to identify areas of improvement and set specific actions to meet our open data goals for the financial year.
About the data files
Each year the results from State Library’s Open Data Pathway maturity assessment are reported in two open data files. One summarises scores by theme and activity while the other details the answer to each question in the assessment. Summary scores are downloaded from State Library’s Open Data Pathway account. Assessment answers are compiled from the Report page of each completed assessment in the tool. Edits include:
•	replaced blank or null 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
Theme
Text – A broad area of operations within the organisation. E.g. ‘Strategic oversight’ 
Activity
Text – A more specific action carried out within a theme. E.g. ‘Data governance’
Fields in ‘Scores’ data files
Score
Number – Maturity score (out of 5) calculated for the open data activity. E.g. ‘4’
Target
Number – Goal maturity score (maximum 5) set from the previous assessment. E.g. ‘5’
Fields in ‘Answers’ data files
Question
Text – The query posed by the Open Data Pathway maturity assessment. 
E.g. ‘Do you publish a release schedule for your datasets?’
Answer
Text – The response selected from the multiple-choice options provided for the question. E.g. ‘Yes, we have a public release schedule’
Additional info
Text – A free text field used to add any additional information beyond the multiple-choice answer for the question. 
E.g. ‘Open Data Strategy - http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/about-us/corporate/open-data’
Please send any questions or feedback about any of the datasets released publicly by State Library to opendata@slq.qld.gov.au.