For more than a century, the Dewey Decimal Classification system has dictated the way libraries organize their collections. And the way they organize and sort information says a lot about what kind of ...

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 ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Tribal Librarian Anne Heidemann and Chippewa Tribe member Melissa Isaac speak about Maawn ...

A librarian at Cornell University has claimed libraries are 'fraught with racism' - and highlighted their book classification system as evidence of this bigotry. Reanna Esmail, an outreach and ...

THORNTON — Clunky. Out of touch. Ready for the dustbin. Plenty would say that about General Motors or other American icons badly in need of retooling. But officials at the Rangeview Library District ...

Although a debate about the origins of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme has been going on for generations, historical consensus remains elusive. This paper contributes new information to the ...

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 governing body of the American Library Assn. voted to remove the name of Melvil Dewey, the creator of the Dewey Decimal System, from one of its annual awards. The ALA council made the decision on ...

The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF) has stirred controversies since its inception in 1989. The architectural design was criticized by many as unsuitable for a library. The author worked in the ...