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Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an influential American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, a founder of the Lake Placid Club, and a chief librarian at Columbia University.
Melvil Dewey was an American librarian who devised the Dewey Decimal Classification for library cataloging and, probably more than any other individual, was responsible for the development of library science in the United States.
Melvil Dewey died after suffering a stroke on 26 December 1931, at age 80. His legacy is complex, but nearly ninety years after his death, he is best known for creating the most widely used library classification scheme in the world, the Dewey Decimal Classification.
Mar 24, 2014 · While most Americans know very little about ALA founder Melvil Dewey (1851–1931), nearly all are familiar with his signature achievement, the Dewey Decimal Classification system, which today governs the arrangement of library books in nearly 150 countries.
Sep 6, 2023 · Introduction to the Dewey Decimal System, Melvil Dewey, and issues in cataloging and organizing books
Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey (known more widely as Melvil Dewey) was born on December 10, 1851in Adams Center, New York. He is considered by many to be the father of modern American librarianship. Dewey had his personal flaws and has been criticized by others.
Sep 7, 2024 · The best known of all schemes for the classification of documents in libraries is the Dewey Decimal Classification, devised by Melvil Dewey in 1873 and published in 1876. Apart from being the first modern classification scheme for libraries, the Dewey system embodies two of Dewey’s many contributions to the theory and practice of librarianship.
May 17, 2018 · The American librarian and reformer Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) established the Dewey decimal system of classifying books and played a prominent role in developing professional institutions for librarians.
An educational reformer and librarian, Melvil Dewey was born in Adams Centre, New York, on December 10, 1851 (a "decimal" date, he later boasted to friends), the fifth and last child of Joel and Eliza Greene Dewey. He attended rural local schools and early in life determined that his "des-tiny" was to become a "reformer" in educating the masses ...
Drawing from years of archival research, preeminent Melvil Dewey historian Wayne A. Wiegand has produced the first frank and comprehensive biography of this enigmatic reformer.
