Dec. 14—While different literature providers use various informational systems, the Tahlequah Public Library has relied on the Dewey Decimal Classification for many years. TPL Branch Manager Jeremy ...

A book classification system for libraries that was created by Melvil Dewey in the 1870s and copyrighted in 1876. Used to this day in thousands of libraries worldwide, mostly for non-fiction content, ...

ERIE — The newest elementary school in the St. Vrain Valley School District is scrapping the time-honored Dewey Decimal System and opting for a more user-friendly model for organizing books. Red Hawk ...

The Gwinnett County Public Libraries will be closed through Wednesday due to a major book reclassification that will replace the 144-year-old Dewey Decimal Classification system with more ...

Public libraries have long utilized the Dewey Decimal classification system which uses 10 broad categories and breaks them down into subtopics. Many have grown up learning Dewey Decimal in schools and ...

When I first read a manuscript of Grant McCracken‘s Culturematic some time back, two sentences struck me so deeply that I highlighted them and simultaneously wrote a note on the table of contents: ...

To find a favorite book in Elgin’s Rakow Branch library, 6-year-old Rina Teglia marched straight to the “Ready to Read” section and picked out “Bathtime for Biscuit.” While she was at it, a nearby ...

If you don't know the name Melvil Dewey, you've no doubt heard of his Dewey Decimal Classification system, which is still used by libraries around the world. Born Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey in 1851 ...