1. and the Dewey Decimal System

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

5. -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

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

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

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

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

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

17. -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 (500-599) 2. DOGS (599.77) 3. JUPITER (599.7799) 4. PURPLE (599.7799752)

19. -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

21.  000-099 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE  100-199 PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY  200-299 RELIGION  300-399 SOCIAL SCIENCES  400-499 LANGUAGE  500-599 NATURAL SCIENCE  600-699 APPLIED SCIENCE  700-799 ARTS AND RECREATION  800-899 LITERATURE  900-999 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY