In 1876 Melvil Dewey designed a numerical classification system for organizing books by subject; it has stood the test of time. The innovative librarian chopped the world’s knowledge into 10 major ...
KENDALLVILLE, Ind. (WANE) – For 140 years people have been using the Dewey Decimal System to find books at a library. It’s a classification method that assigns a group of numbers to books and their ...
Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) not only created public libraries in his home state of New York but he also developed the entire concept of a free public library system in the United States. He founded the ...
ASHBURNHAM — Books about homosexuality are on the same shelf as books on incest and prostitution. Homer’s “Iliad” is in the nonfiction section. The works of Shakespeare and books on Elizabethan ...
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