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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Some questions..</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Who will use this information in OSM? <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">In particular ISIL information appears
to be, in Australia, for contact between libraries and they will
already have systems in place for that so adding that information
may not help anyone. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The library collection
(books/films/etc), use (academic/history/faimily_history etc) may
be of interest but again .. who will use it within OSM? <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The operator would give some indication
as to if the library is public, academic, private, etc. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The opening hours data can be usefull
too. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">And a website. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21/4/20 6:00 am, Christian Rogel
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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>
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<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="" moz-do-not-send="true"><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>
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<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. <br>
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<p>There should be consensus with the tagging used so as not to have
a single tag (such as library:type=*) used for many different
things - e.g. the media book/film/audio/maps together with the
access public/private/permissive/customer/staff and then the
'importance' national/international/local/state. This would be
better discussed on the tagging list where those more concerned
with tagging gather. <br>
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<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>
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normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69,
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<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=""
moz-do-not-send="true"><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>
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<p>While the 2.6 M is a number some of the entries (singular)
represent a number of small local libraries in a shire/council
area so the actual number of libraries is higher. <br>
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<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="" moz-do-not-send="true"><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>
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<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height:
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69, 69);" class="">Christian Rogel</div>
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normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(69,
69, 69);" class="">Retired chief librarian (France)</div>
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