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MELVIL DEWEYand the Dewey Decimal System
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000-099 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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SOME ‘GENERAL KNOWLEDGE’ ABOUT MELVIL DEWEY
-AMHERST COLLEGE (GRAD, LIBRARIAN)
-LIBRARY JOURNAL
-AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
-FOUNDED "SCHOOL OF LIBRARY ECONOMY"
-STATE DIRECTOR OF LIBARIES, NY
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100-199 PHILOSOPHY AND
PSYCHOLOGY
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DEWEY’S PROBLEM
-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
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200-299 RELIGION
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ALL WORSHIP MELVIL DEWEY
-IN THE BEGINNING,
DEWEY CREATED THE
DEWEY DECIMAL
SYSTEM
-UNIVERSAL
-EASIER TO
CATALOGUE, EASIER
TO SEARCH
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300-399 SOCIAL SCIENCES
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THE DECLARATION OF LIBRARY INDEPENDENCE
-DEWEY DECIMAL BECOME LIKE THE GOVERNMENT OF
LIBRARIES
-EVEN TODAY, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
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400-499 LANGUANGE
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‘WELCOME’ TO THE LIBRARY
-DEWEY DECIMAL IS
NOT A CODE
-EASY FOR ANYONE TO
UNDERSTAND, NOT
JUST LIBRARIANS
-ONE FLAW: VERY
SPECIFIC KEYWORDS
NEEDED (EG.
"AUTOMOBILE" NOT
"CAR")
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500-599 NATURAL SCIENCES
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DEWEY’S NATURAL KNOWLEDGE CATEGORIES
-BASED ON 10
NATURAL DIVISIONS
OF HUMAN
KNOWLEDGE
-FURTHER
SUBDIVISIONS (10S,
1S, DECIMALS)
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600-699 APPLIED SCIENCE
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THE NEW WAVE
-DEWEY DECIMAL CAN
EASILY BE APPLIED TO ANY
LIBRARY’S COLLECTION
-ANY BOOK FITS
SOMEWHERE IN THE
CATEGORIES
-TRICKS FOR OVERLAP (EG.
COUNTRY NUMBERS)
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700-799 ARTS AND RECREATION
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THE ART OF DEWEY 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 (500-
599)
2. DOGS (599.77)
3. JUPITER (599.7799)
4. PURPLE (599.7799752)
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800-899 LITERATURE
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THE BIG BOOK OF BOOKS
-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
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900-999 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
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A ‘MAP’ OF THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM 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