On 21/4/20 10:44 am, Andrew Harvey wrote:
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?
access=customers?
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
<mailto: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)
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