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 categories. Some libraries ...

Heidemann explained during the event that traditional classification systems such as the Dewey Decimal System, the Library of Congress Classification System and the Library of Congress Subject ...

Dewey translates well overseas for print and electronic formats, said Joan Mitchell, editor in chief, Dewey Decimal Classification for the Online Computer Library Center in Ohio.

While Mulé said a new classification system could work for a school library, which have small collections, he said abandoning the Dewey Decimal System would not work for most public libraries.

Red Hawk is the first in the district to adopt the word-based classification system, and it may be the first elementary school library in the state to get rid of the Dewey Decimal System, which ...

“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.

John P. Comaromi, KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZED IS KNOWLEDGE KEPT: The Dewey Decimal Classification, 1873—1976, The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, Vol. 33, No. 4 (October 1976), pp. 311-331 ...

LONGMONT — Red Hawk Elementary School’s library really is one of a kind. The St. Vrain Valley School District has secured a copyright on the classification system that the Erie school’s ...

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.