Open data
The State Library of Queensland supports open access to information and ideas as a key enabler for a strong, well-informed and innovative society.
In October 2012, the Queensland government announced an “open data revolution” aiming to release as much public sector information as possible to encourage the development of innovative services and solutions for Queenslanders.
The Library has released a number of datasets related to our collections and services. Datasets from State Library are in easy to use formats and all are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence. You can find data sets released by the State Library at:
data.qld.gov.au - the Queensland government open data portal
data.gov.au - the Australian government data repository
The Library has also donated all of its out of copyright digitised photographs to Wkimedia Commons, and made them freely available for re-use by anyone.
See what’s already been created with our datasets on the Libraryhack website. Libraryhack was a mashup and apps competition using data from Australian and New Zealand libraries.
We invite you to use our data and share the results with us.
Find our more about open data
Office of the Information Commissioner
Queensland Government data hub
Join the conversation about open data on Twitter
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