[alac-forum] Recommendation for New TLD
Greetings,
I am a librarian in a public library where I manage information technology.
Our library has been providing Internet access to the public since 1996. I
would like to recommend a new top level domain for libraries. (.lib)
According to the American Library Association, there are now 116,618 libraries
in the U.S. This includes public, academic, and school libraries as well as
special libraries, armed forces libraries, and government libraries.
Internationally, the number is much higher.
Libraries have always been engaged in research, in the dissemination of
information, in education. Millions of people use library web sites as their
portal for the Internet, because we have designed our sites around the function
of organizing and categorizing the vast amounts of information available
through the Internet. Internet users access public library web sites because
they know that information professionals with no commercial affiliation have
evaluated the links they recommend.
Therefore, I believe it would be a public service for ICANN to establish a
separate domain for libraries.
Thank you.
John D. Felton
Coordinator, Information Services & Technology
Lincoln City Libraries
136 South 14th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508-1899
E-mail: jfelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: 402-441-8522
Fax: 402-441-8509