Is the Dewey Decimal system dying out in public libraries? The Dewey Decimal Classification system has been used in U.S. libraries since the 1870s when Melvil Dewey developed it and put his name on it ...

In 1876, Melvil Dewey published a uniform system for organizing library books and the Dewey Decimal System was born. Today, 95 percent of all public libraries in the United States are Dewey users.

Dec. 14—While different literature providers use various informational systems, the Tahlequah Public Library has relied on the Dewey Decimal Classification for many years. TPL Branch Manager ...

GREENWOOD, Ind. (WTHR) - Unless you know sports book are listed at 796 in the Dewey Decimal System, and cookbooks are somewhere in the 641 range, you might get lost in the non-fiction section of your ...

The modern librarian must be Twitter-savvy and able to manipulate the Web and aggregate RSS feeds as quickly as compile competitive intelligence. In other words, a librarian must be good at social ...

“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.

The council of the American Library Association is removing its founder, Melvil Dewey, from its creative leadership medal.Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System for organizing library books ...

The Library Journal article noted that Dewey's system is still the most widely used in the world and that fewer than 12 percent of librarians surveyed favored abandoning it altogether.

The long-time Dewey Decimal System method of organizing books soon won't be the main organizing method at the Deschutes Public Library, to be replaced in coming months with a topic-based system to ...