Agreed that we could do better, see the proposal process for new tags https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal_process.
Currently we can already mark if the library is open to the public on not (access=yes means open to the general public), but it's unclear how say a school library or library restricted to attendees of an educational facility like a university should be tagged (is it access=private since only those people attending the institution have been given permission? You can mark the operator of the library with https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:operator, which might be the local municipality/government/council, or might be the school or university. You can mark the operator type with http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:operator:type eg public, private, government, religious, ngo, community, consortium, cooperative. There are open questions similar to yours at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=library#Types_of_libraries On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 at 06:04, Christian Rogel < christian.ro...@club-internet.fr> 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) > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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