EBRP Library WiFi Usage Stats: Monthly Patron Connections Since 2023

East Baton Rouge Parish public libraries provide monthly WiFi usage statistics from 2023 onward. The data is organized by branch, year, and month, counting only patron connections to public-facing networks. The City of Baton Rouge published this dataset, which was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal and branch-level trends in public WiFi demand based on monthly usage statistics.
• Compare pre-2025 and post-2025 connection counts based on the described change in data collection methodology.
• Assess the digital service footprint of public libraries based on patron network usage data.

Strengths

• Data covers all public libraries in East Baton Rouge Parish.
• Includes a documented methodological change in counting starting January 2025.
• Time-series data organized by branch, year, and month since 2023.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single parish.

Provenance

Source

City of Baton Rouge

Collection Method

Counts of patron device connections to public-facing WiFi networks in library branches.

Time Range

2023 onward

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-08 01:42:48.002867; freshness should be verified.

Geography

East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA