About this Dataset

Louisville Metro KY - Library Collection Inventory

Data Dictionary:

Field Name	Field Description
BibNum	The unique identifier of a bibliographic record within our materials database. Materials with the same bibliographic # will generally have the same cataloging metadata, differing only in the barcode number, assigned location and anything else specific to the individual copy
Title	The name of the material
Author	The writer or creator of the material
ISBN	The International Standard Book Number is a numeric commercial book identifier that is intended to be unique. Publishers purchase ISBNs from an affiliate of the International ISBN Agency. An ISBN is assigned to each separate edition and variation of a publication
Publication Year	The year that the material was originally published
Item Type	Describes the type of material of each item, including Books, Audiobooks, Serials, DVDs, Microforms, Three Dimensional Objects, Kits, and Printed Cartographic Materials
Item Collection	Refers to the collection the material belongs to based on common themes, including but not limited to Adult Fiction, Adult Reference, Mystery, Children’s Fiction, etc.
Item Location	The library location where the material was assigned at the time the report was run
Item Price	The price, in USD, that LFPL purchased the material for

Contact:

If any questions, contact Lejla Bilanovic - Lejla.Bilanovic@lfpl.org or Greg Schwartz - Greg.Schwartz@lfpl.org
Organization: Louisville Metro Government
Last updated: 2025-07-30T13:33:29.634407
Tags: jefferson-county, kentucky, lfpl, library, louisville, louisville-free-public-library, louisville-metro, louisville-metro-ky, modp, open-data

Tables

Table 1

@usgov.louisville_metro_government_louisville_metro_ky_librar_10587aab.table_1

58.11 MB
1,657,555 rows
11 columns

CREATE TABLE table_1 (
  "bibnum" BIGINT,
  "title" VARCHAR,
  "author" VARCHAR,
  "isbn" DOUBLE,
  "publicationyear" BIGINT,
  "itemtype" VARCHAR,
  "itemcollection" VARCHAR,
  "itemlocation" VARCHAR,
  "itemprice" DOUBLE,
  "reportdate" TIMESTAMP,
  "objectid" BIGINT
);