FindingGLAMs/GLAM datasets/Africa

FindingGLAMs datasets: Americas · Africa · Asia · Europe · Middle East

Status	Country	Name of dataset	Link to dataset's website	Wikidata item	Wikidata property	Mix'n'match catalog	Topic (e.g Galleries, Libraries, Archives or Museums)	Source (e.g government department)	Link to data import record (Wikidata:Dataset Imports)	Type of information (Datasets, Map data etc)	License of data	Notes
660 items from 2019-08-06 version imported	Multiple countries, including Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria	Library Location Data	here	Library Location Data (Q68644488)			Public and community libraries, limited number of academic libraries	User-generated submissions; maintained by Advancing Library Visibility in Africa (ALVA)		Dataset - Includes name of library, country, type of library, street address, community / town name, library contact name & email address, photo of building, and geographical coordinates	CC-0 license	Size: 500K as of April 2019; approximately 65 entries; Data can be exported as CSV, other geo-spatial formats; ongoing data collection effort through 2019 in approximately 25 countries