<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">We are generally aware of the importance of the libraries, as they are numerous and useful by their variety (public, academic, specialized, school…).</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">But, why they have been so neglected by us, the mappers, seing them on the ground, getting maybe frequently in ?</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">So poors are the tags for describing them.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Yes, you can add the address, the phone, the opening hours and a few precisions. See <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dlibrary" class=""><span style="color: rgb(228, 175, 10);" class="">ameniy = library</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">But, you cannot indicate which public is admitted, if most of the collection is visible, which kind of documents is displayed and/or lended, and so on…</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">I suggest that every person capable proposes some categorization and enriches the wiki page above. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">From a few hours discussion on the French OSM list, we were looming around using « library:for = {public targeted} and library_collection.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">But, there are more than 2 angles in library and information services.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Note : <a href="https://librarymap.ifla.org/map" class=""><span style="color: rgb(228, 175, 10);" class="">a map of the libraries in the world</span></a> was launched years ago by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), but we do not see any location, the figures per countries only. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Let us remember the huge number of 2.6 M libraries registered. The French version on Google Map displays 162 locations.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">81 500 <i class="">amenity=library</i> are <a href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/amenity=library#overview" class=""><span style="color: rgb(228, 175, 10);" class="">present in OSM database today</span></a> 20 apr. (5 500 in France). We can reach a richer content.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Christian Rogel</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69, 69, 69);" class="">Retired chief librarian (France)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>