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[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