Shakespeare and Company Project Dataset: Lending Library Members, Books, Events

The Shakespeare and Company Project makes three datasets available to
download in CSV and JSON formats. The datasets provide information about
lending library members; the books that circulated in the lending library;
and lending library events, including borrows, purchases, memberships, and
renewals. The datasets may be used individually or in combination site
URLs are consistent identifiers across all three. All data is related to
the Shakespeare and Company bookshop and lending library opened and
operated by Sylvia Beach in Paris, 1919–1962. For version 1.2 of the
Shakespeare and Company Project datasets, we made a series of significant
additions and refinements. For the members dataset, we added 162 addresses
and 126 VIAF numbers; we also decreased the total number of members from
5,601 to 5,235 by matching previously unmatched accounts. For the books
dataset, we added two books and 1,957 eBook links. We also reduced the
books labeled “uncertain” from 568 to 475. For the events dataset, we
added 492 events, including 60 reimbursements from a new logbook source
and 300 reimbursements from the address books. We also renamed an event
type and subscription category, added three new subscription categories,
and fully footnoted all events. In all three datasets, we corrected
mistakes and added missing dates. For more specific information, see
change logs included with the individual datasets.