Key:ref:isil

+/- ref:isil Description Reference a library by ISIL Group References Element help Useful combination amenity=library Used combinations in World Australia/Oceania Europe (list) Asia (list) Central America (list) South America (list) Africa (list)

This key references a library by its International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organisations (ISIL)^[1]. In most cases the library is also tagged with amenity=library but you can also tag bus stops (highway=bus_stop) and bus routes of library busses (type=route+route=bus, see Relation:route).

The ISIL is an international standard (ISO) to uniquely identify libraries. Using the ISIL you can automatically fetch official information (Name, URL, opening hours etc.) of a library from other library databases and link library catalogs with OSM.

Where to find the ISIL

The ISIL Registration Authority hosts a list of national or institutional ISIL agencies. Libraries and library organizations have to contact their national agency to get an ISIL standard identifier.

• For libraries in Germany you can lookup ISIL records in the Sigelverzeichnis
• Libraries in the USA are listed in WorldCat Registry (unfortunately the search by ISIL is currently broken).
• The Directory of Norwegian Libraries and their ILL Associates Abroad lists libraries in Norway and other countries.

If you know that your Library has no ISIL please, tag the library with ref:isil=none. However the libraries could later get an ISIL!

Examples

• Stadtbücherei Göttingen : ref:isil=DE-285
• SUB Göttingen : ref:isil=DE-7
• Library of Congress : ref:isil=US-DLC
• National Library of Norway : ref:isil=NO-0030100

Applications

• DE:ISIL-Landkarte

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia article on ISIL