Washington State Public Library Initial Service Changes & Closures Due to COVID-19

This dataset records when and how Washington state's public library systems changed or suspended certain services at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, culminating with the closure of library buildings to the public. The data reflects responses to an emerging public health emergency by institutions dedicated to public service and accessibility. Information comes primarily from library websites and social media accounts, and occasional communication with library staff.

Querying over HTTP

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
    SELECT *
    FROM \"wa-gov/washington-state-public-library-initial-service-6iab-kcxu\".\"washington_state_public_library_initial_service\"
    LIMIT 100 
"}
EOF

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.