Annual Wireless Session Counts for Montgomery County Public Library Branches

Wireless session counts for 20 Montgomery County Public Library branches, recorded annually. The data is provided by the Montgomery County government via the Socrata platform and was last updated in August 2022. Session counts likely include access from both inside library buildings and adjacent areas like parking lots.

Use Cases

• Analyze branch-level wireless usage trends over time using the Fiscal Year and branch columns like White Oak or Silver Spring.
• Compare wireless service demand across different library branches using columns such as Germantown, Rockville, and Gaithersburg.
• Forecast future wireless capacity requirements by modeling session counts from the Fiscal Year and branch-specific columns.
• Identify seasonal or long-term patterns in public internet access by examining the time-series data across all 20 branch columns.

Strengths

• Data covers 20 distinct library branches, providing granular geographic detail.
• Annual updates offer a consistent time-series for trend analysis, with the last update recorded on 2022-08-12.

Limitations

• Row count and total data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2022-08-12 16:42:45; freshness should be verified for current analyses.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.montgomerycountymd.gov

Collection Method

Collected by the Montgomery County Public Library wireless service.

Freshness

Updated annually; last updated 2022-08-12 16:42:45.

Geography

Montgomery County, Maryland, USA (specific library branches).