This data is for materials pulled to fulfill patron holds. Chicago Public Library consists of the Harold Washington Library Center, Sulzer, Legler and Woodson regional libraries and over 70 neighborhood branches. Many locations experience sporadic closures to perform facilities upgrade or emergency closures due to heating or air conditioning issues, or area power outages. Independence, Little Italy (formerly Roosevelt) and Northtown reopened in early 2019 in new locations. The library also opened its 81st location, West Loop, in January. Douglass and Jefferson Park were closed for extensive renovations for most of the year. Legler, South Shore and Merlo were also closed for extensive renovations and will remain closed until 2020. In response to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, the Chicago Public Library closed facilities to the public March 21, 2020 – June 7, 2020.
This dataset has the following 18 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRANCH | branch | text | ROGERS PARK DALEY, RICHARD M.- W HUMBOLDT JEFFERSON PARK BEVERLY DUNNING view top 100 |
| ADDRESS | address | text | 731 E. 63rd Street 1625 W. Chicago Avenue 2505 E. 73rd St. 6000 N. Broadway St. 3400 S. Halsted Street view top 100 |
| CITY | city | text | CHICAGO view top 100 |
| ZIP | zip | text | 60609 60617 60632 60634 60647 view top 100 |
| JANUARY | january | number | 0 117 356 1016 1972 view top 100 |
| FEBRUARY | february | number | 0 90 61 1699 809 view top 100 |
| MARCH | march | number | 0 158 483 74 264 view top 100 |
| APRIL | april | number | 0 297 2130 903 1604 view top 100 |
| MAY | may | number | 0 96 4358 6308 3606 view top 100 |
| JUNE | june | number | 0 436 175 174 218 view top 100 |
| JULY | july | number | 0 1058 2747 348 1746 view top 100 |
| AUGUST | august | number | 0 198 338 360 1952 view top 100 |
| SEPTEMBER | september | text | 349 0 299 9,182 347 view top 100 |
| OCTOBER | october | number | 0 56 63 1055 447 view top 100 |
| NOVEMBER | november | number | 160 0 1678 112 1116 view top 100 |
| DECEMBER | december | number | 0 414 548 348 1099 view top 100 |
| YTD | ytd | number | 49946 10979 1099 15834 11065 view top 100 |
| LOCATION | location | point | {"coordinates":[-87.614246033,41.750935005],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-87.733982023,41.910143011],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-87.660929965,41.857622006],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-87.726678032,41.800891986],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-87.680352008,41.912560017],"type":"Point"} view top 100 |