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A Short Story About Dewey
Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey• Born December 10,
1851• His intense interest in
simplified spelling caused him to once change his name to Melvil Dui
• Established the American Library Association in 1876
• Co-founded and edited Library Journal
Melvil Dewey
• Melvil Dewey died after suffering a stroke on December 26, 1931 at age 80
• Buried in New York, Essex County, state near Lake Placid
Some years ago, Melvil Dewey devised a system for classifying books. The system has come into use all around the world.
It has been explained that he devised the system by imagining himself as a prehistoric or primitive man and asked himself questions he believed such a man would ask.
This presentation demonstrates those questions in a manner designed to entertain as well as educate.
It has become known as the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
Who am I?
100Philosophy and Psychology
Man thinks about himself.
Who made me?
200Religion
Man thinks about his Creator.
Who is the man in the next cave?
300Social Sciences
Man thinks about other people.
How can I make that man understand me?
400Philology – LanguageMan learns to communicate with others
through words and signs.
How can I understand nature and the world around me?
500Science
Man learns to understand thenature of air, land, and sea.
How can I use what I know about nature?
600Applied Science/Useful Arts
Primitive man learned about fire and how to make weapons; over time, he also learned about
the wheel, medicine, planting crops,cooking food, building useful structures,
and how to make things to ease our burdens.
How can I enjoy my leisure time?
700Fine Arts and Recreation
As time passes, man learns about paintingpictures, creating music, as well
as dancing to music, playing games,Sports, and hunting.
How can I pass on man’s heroic deeds?
800Literature
Man becomes a storyteller; he createssagas, fables, epics, poems, plays about
relatives, friends, and characters; hewrites for others to read, learn, and enjoy.
How can I leave a record for people of the future?
900History, Geography,
and BiographyMan writes about what happened, where it
happened, and who made it happen.
What else is there?
000General Works
The numbers up to 100 are used for books aboutbooks, and for books that contain information
on many subjects such as encyclopedias,dictionaries, atlases, and other reference books;– much of the sorts of books one would find in the
reference section of the library.
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