To learn more about the Dewey Decimal System, check out “The Dewey Decimal System” (Children’s Press, $6.95, ages 7-11) by Allan Fowler: (Classification-Dewey decimal).

In the latest issue of the journal Signs, Ms. Olson detects phallocentrism in Dewey’s famous decimals. Nor is the Library of Congress system free from gender bias.

The Dewey Decimal Classification system is used throughout the library with DVDS, audiobooks, and more. The only section at TPL that does not go by Dewey is the fiction section.

“You can find books easily.” Score one for the library’s bookstore-style layout. And shed a tiny tear for the Dewey Decimal Classification system, long the standard in the industry.

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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 ...

”The Dewey Decimal System was invented by Melvil Dewey in 1876,” said Peter Paulson, executive director of the Forest Press. ”In the 19th Century there was no way to organize books in libraries.

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 ...

When I saw that amazing feat, I started wondering right then: “Someday there will be a Dewey Decimal number for everything – not just for books.” That day needs to be now.