[OSM-talk] It's time to manage libraries properly in OSM

[Oleksiy Muzalyev]

I would like to remark that many libraries have their Wikipedia 
articles. Even when a library does not have an article, it could be 
created. The best way to approach this is to do a survey of the library.
For example, I created the article (plus the Wikidata item and Wikimedia 
category) for this library: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1958300384

I took some images which reflect its location, type of the building, 
interior of the library, the exact title, as displayed on the entrance 
sign, the street number, etc. and added the corresponding links to the 
OSM node.

Even though it is a relatively small library no one in the community 
contested so far the noteworthiness of the article, what is not always 
the case when creating an article on some other subject.

So one more thing to do when mapping a library is to add some meaningful 
quality images, if necessary GPS traces, i.e to do a dedicated survey 
with consequent publishing of the results in the OSM.

Best regards,
O.

On 20-Apr-20 22:00, Christian Rogel wrote:
> We are generally aware of the importance of the libraries, as they are 
> numerous and useful by their variety (public, academic, specialized, 
> school…).
> But, why they have been so neglected by us, the mappers, seing them on 
> the ground, getting maybe frequently in ?
> So poors are the tags for describing them.
>
> Yes, you can add the address, the phone, the opening hours and a few 
> precisions. See ameniy = library 
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dlibrary>
> 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…
>
> I suggest that every person capable proposes some categorization and 
> enriches the wiki page above.
>
> From a few hours discussion on the French OSM list, we were looming 
> around using «  library:for = {public targeted} and library_collection.
> But, there are more than 2 angles in library and information services.
>
> Note : a map of the libraries in the world 
> <https://librarymap.ifla.org/map> was launched years ago by the 
> International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), but we do not 
> see any location, the figures per countries only.
> Let us remember the huge number of 2.6 M libraries registered. The 
> French version on Google Map displays 162 locations.
>
> 81 500 /amenity=library/ are present in OSM database today 
> <https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/amenity=library#overview> 20 
> apr. (5 500 in France). We can reach a richer content.
>
>
> Christian Rogel
> Retired chief librarian (France)
>
>
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