And the Dewey Decimal System. -AMHERST COLLEGE (GRAD, LIBRARIAN) -LIBRARY JOURNAL -AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION -FOUNDED "SCHOOL OF LIBRARY ECONOMY"

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and the Dewey Decimal System

-AMHERST COLLEGE (GRAD, LIBRARIAN) -LIBRARY JOURNAL -AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION -FOUNDED "SCHOOL OF LIBRARY ECONOMY" -STATE DIRECTOR OF LIBARIES, NY

-TRYING TO FIND A BOOK ONCE WOULD HAVE PUT YOU IN THERAPY -LIBRARIANS HAD TO MEMORISE THE ENTIRE COLLECTION! -THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT DEWEY TRIED TO SOLVE

-IN THE BEGINNING, DEWEY CREATED THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM -UNIVERSAL -EASIER TO CATALOGUE, EASIER TO SEARCH

-DEWEY DECIMAL BECOME LIKE THE GOVERNMENT OF LIBRARIES -EVEN TODAY, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR

-DEWEY DECIMAL IS NOT A CODE -EASY FOR ANYONE TO UNDERSTAND, NOT JUST LIBRARIANS -ONE FLAW: VERY SPECIFIC KEYWORDS NEEDED (EG. "AUTOMOBILE" NOT "CAR")

-BASED ON 10 NATURAL DIVISIONS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE -FURTHER SUBDIVISIONS (10S, 1S, DECIMALS)

-DEWEY DECIMAL CAN EASILY BE APPLIED TO ANY LIBRARY’S COLLECTION -ANY BOOK FITS SOMEWHERE IN THE CATEGORIES -TRICKS FOR OVERLAP (EG. COUNTRY NUMBERS)

-THERE'S A REAL ART TO BUILDING A NUMBER -I CAN BUILD A NUMBER FOR A BOOK ABOUT A PURPLE DOG FROM JUPITER 1.NATURAL SCIENCE ( ) 2. DOGS (599.77) 3. JUPITER ( ) 4. PURPLE ( )

-A GUIDE TO DEWEY -20TH EDITION -OFTEN UPDATED: TECHNOLOGY, COUNTRIES CHANGING THEIR NAMES -FULL SCHEDULE(LIBRARIES WITH MORE THAN 1 MILLION BOOKS) OR -ABRIDGED VERSION

 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE  PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY  RELIGION  SOCIAL SCIENCES  LANGUAGE  NATURAL SCIENCE  APPLIED SCIENCE  ARTS AND RECREATION  LITERATURE  HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

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