In 1876 Melvil Dewey designed a numerical classification system for organizing books by subject; it has stood the test of time. The innovative librarian chopped the world’s knowledge into 10 major ...

THE study of classification is a necessary preliminary to the preparation of a comprehensive guide to recorded information. Of the multifarious systems that have been suggested for the classification ...

KENDALLVILLE, Ind. (WANE) – 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 ...

ASHBURNHAM — Books about homosexuality are on the same shelf as books on incest and prostitution. Homer’s “Iliad” is in the nonfiction section. The works of Shakespeare and books on Elizabethan ...