1. Copyright © 2005 Ms. Linda valley The Information Age Dewey Decimal Classification

2. Copyright © 2005 Ms. Linda valley How do we organize books so that we can find what we need when we need it? 5,000 books published yearly 100,000 books available online

3. Copyright © 2005 Ms. Linda valley What about… VCR tapes Cassette tapes CD’s DVD’s Magazines Newspapers

4. Copyright © 2005 Ms. Linda valley Who was Melvil Dewey? Born in New York before Abraham Lincoln was president in 1851 There were not many libraries available to the public when he was growing up. He also developed a systems for organizing books so that people could find what they were looking for.

5. Copyright © 2005 Ms. Linda valley A Brilliant Librarian! ! Invented the Dewey Decimal Classification System (1870) Published the 1 st library journal Opened the 1 st library school at Columbia Univiersity!

6. Copyright © 2005 Ms. Linda valley Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) How do you arrange your books on your shelves at home? (size, color, favorites) What if you were a librarian, how would you organize all of the books in our library?

7. Copyright © 2005 Ms. Linda valley Fiction or Nonfiction? Fiction = NOT TRUE. It is make believe. Nonfiction = TRUE. It is real (people, places, events and things).

8. Copyright © 2005 Ms. Linda valley Fiction = NOT true Storybooks, novels, science fiction, mysteries Alphabetical order by the authors last name You can find all books by one author in one place.

9. Copyright © 2005 Ms. Linda valley Nonfiction = true Grouped by subject Each subject has a number between 000-999 There are 10 main subjects (classes). There are 10 subdivisions for each subject (class).

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