Open Datasets released by State Library

State Library has released a number of datasets as part of our open data strategy. They are in easy to use formats and licensed under Creative Commons, which means anyone can use them for apps, mashups, and other services, so long as State Library is attributed as the source of the data.

State Library's Open Datasets

State Library's 35+ open datasets are hosted on the Queensland Government Open Data Portal. Data files can be previewed, downloaded, and accessed via API. Datasets include historical indexes, collections metadata, annual statistics, digital content, business data, and more. See our data release schedule for more details.

Access on Queensland Open Data Portal

Open data requests and queries

Contact CollectionsAsData@slq.qld.gov.au with requests or queries about State Library's open datasets and open data program.
We will get back to you as soon as is practicable, but within 7 working days.

For other queries, State Library of Queensland staff can help answer your questions and offer research guidance through our Ask Us service.

Obtain images from our collection

State Library of Queensland provides a service for ordering high resolution files or prints from its collection.

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Wikimedia Commons

View over 50,000 State Library images donated to Wikimedia Commons, a public domain media file repository.

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Open Data case studies

See case studies on how our open datasets have been developed, connected with other data, and hacked by developers, designers, users and others.

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