bibspace

Dataset Summary

bibspace contains time-stamped occupancy readings for the reading rooms of the Universität Regensburg library, enriched with matching weather data. Occupancy values were scraped from the university's reading-room occupancy page, and weather observations were retrieved from the OpenWeatherMap API for the corresponding timestamps. The dataset supports analysis and modeling of how reading-room occupancy varies over time and with weather conditions.

• Rows: 109,360
• Format: Parquet
• Language of category labels: German (room names, color labels, and weather descriptions are in German, as scraped from the source website)
• Time range: 2025-07-29 15:11:18 to 2026-06-29 17:30:40

Data Fields

Column	Type	Description
Zeitstempel	string (date)	Timestamp of the observation.
Lesesaal	string (10 classes)	Name/identifier of the reading room.
Auslastung (%)	int64	Occupancy of the reading room, in percent.
Farbe	string (3 classes)	Traffic-light-style occupancy indicator shown on the library website (green/yellow/red).
Temperatur (°C)	float64	Outdoor air temperature in degrees Celsius at the time of the observation.
Wetterbeschreibung	string (12 classes)	Short weather description (e.g., cloudy, rain, clear sky), as returned by the OpenWeatherMap API.

Source Data

• Occupancy data was scraped at regular intervals from the University of Regensburg library's public reading-room occupancy page.
• Weather data was retrieved from the OpenWeatherMap API for the same timestamps and merged with the occupancy readings by time.