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by Bethany Royer
If Mr. Dewey had been a Censor Imagine if librarian Melvil Dewey, creator of the Dewey Decimal System, had held a grudge against sewing. Beyond a personal distaste, Dewey found sewing to be evil, that it had no business on the shelves of a library a... More>
by John Welford
The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is virtually universal in the UK public library system, as well as being used in most academic libraries. In the United States it is challenged by the Library of Congress system (LC), but is still very widely u... More>
by Tim Driver
Melville Dewey is getting nervous. Granted, he has been dead for 78 years, but this is not stopping him from getting a few gastrointestinal butterflies. Dewey invented the Dewey Decimal System, a mainstay in library organization since its inception ... More>
by Jim Waechter
The Metric System and Its Flaws Flaws in the metric system? Say it ain't so but yes, upon further review, there are indeed numerous flaws within the metric system. Please follow along. Mathematical Proficiency While the metric system is based on the... More>
by May Monten
Public libraries provide equal access to information. Because public libraries are free and open to all, anyone with the desire to learn has a chance to do so. That's especially important in a democracy. As Thomas Jefferson said, "Whenever the peopl... More>
by Linda Bruno
You might not be a baby boomer if.... -you think that ordering take-out coffee requires the addition of at least 3 ingredients instead of just milk and sugar -you have never heard of the Readers Guide to Periodical Literature, a card catalog or the ... More>
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