[WEB4LIB] RE: Do we want a .lib or .library domain?

[tdowling]

Did libraries stop being information services without anyone telling me? 
   I'm happy with .info.



Sloan, Bernie wrote:

> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:48:18 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Sloan, Bernie" <bernies at uillinois.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Do we want a .lib or .library domain?
> 
> 
> I'd favor ".library", but then I worry about how people sometimes have the
> tendency to misspell the word "library". :-)
> 
> Also, I think this top level domain name might be used beyond US public
> libraries and community colleges. Think of it as an international top level
> domain name for libraries. In the US, for example, there are numerous
> statewide digital library projects that might benefit from such a
> designation??
> 
> Just a thought....
> 
> Bernie Sloan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julie James [mailto:JJames at lva.lib.va.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 11:06 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Do we want a .lib or .library domain?
> 
> 
>                  (Crossposted to PUBLIB and WEB4LIB)
> 
> Question: Do we want a .lib or .library top-level domain?
> If Santa brought us one, would we use it?
> Which one?
> 
> The question came up at our OITP advisory committee meeting a few weeks ago
> (Office for Information Technology Policy). I offered to take the pulse of
> these lists. I have reviewed the archives.
> 
> The committee reasoned that university libraries and special libraries are
> inextricably bonded to their parent organizations, and will want to stay
> with their current domains. So the primary inhabitants of the new domain
> would be those of us with geographical .us domains, namely public libraries
> and community colleges.
> 
> * disregard the $50K domain application fee, and the overall administration
> of the domain, for the purposes of discussion
> * note that any website can own more than one address for the same website
> 
> Museums were awarded their own domain (.museum), after the International
> Council of Museums and the J. Paul Getty Trust formed the Museum Domain
> Management Association and paid the application fee. See
> http://www.museumdomain.net/ for more information on formation of the
> association and their complete application to ICANN.
> 
> Respond to me privately or to the list(s). I will summarize in time for
> Midwinter meetings.
> 
> Julie
> 
> ~~~
> Julie James
> Technology Consultant
> The Library of Virginia
> 804/692-0800
> jjames at lva.lib.va.us
> 
> 
Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK
tdowling at ohiolink.edu