Dewey? Yes, we Dewey! December 5, 2009
Posted by Donna in Thoughtful Ramblings, Uncategorized.trackback
Happy Birthday Melvil Dewey!
December 10 is the birthday of the creator of the Dewey Decimal System, the book classification system that is used in most libraries, Melvil Dewey. Born in 1851, he became a librarian at Amhert College in 1874 and published his Dewey Decimal System in 1876. He helped to establish the American Library Association in 1876 and the first professional library school at Columbia University in 1887. He was even one of the original founders and editors of the Library Journal. He died on Dec. 26, 1931. He was truly a librarian’s librarian and one that I “DEWEY” love! ~Donna
Check out the Dewey Rap! Beware…it is addicting….
Thank you Melvil Dewey! Happy Reading!
Comments»
No comments yet — be the first.