The Dewey Decimal System: So Simple, Even a Caveman Can Do It! Wendy Cope MEDT 6463 Summer 2010 Clipart.com School Edition, 2010

The Dewey Decimal System: So Simple, Even a Caveman

Can Do It!Wendy Cope

MEDT 6463Summer 2010

Clipart.com School Edition, 2010

This presentation, intended for high school students as part of their media center orientation, will reintroduce or reinforce the logic behind the basic organization of the media center as well as to encourage students to ask themselves and school library media specialists questions when searching for books and other materials in the library.

Wendy CopeMEDT 6463

Summer 2010


My Hero…Melvil Dewey

The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is the most widely used library organization system in the world.

The system groups books by topic by dividing them into 10 main classes or categories. Each of those categories is further split into 10 categories, each division becoming more and more specific.

He developed the DDC when he was just 21 and a student assistant librarian at Amherst College.

Dewey’s Design

How DO you classify all knowledge?

Dewey created the 10 main classes by thinking like a caveman. What questions would a caveman ask?

Our hero…

000s: General Information

•Encyclopedias•Reference Books, Almanacs•Guinness Book of World Records

031GLE

001.9KAL


Numbers are on the spine of the book

Library Journal, 2009

100s: Philosophy and Psychology


Click cover for book review

155.2JON

155.9GOO

Who am I?Man thinks about himself.

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200s: Religion and Mythology Who made me?

Man thinks about God.


297GOR

201RAU


300s: Social Sciences Who is the person in the next cave?

Man thinks about other people and the issues they face.



301.451CLE

362.29WOR

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400s: LanguageHow can I make that man understand me? Man communicates with others through words.



422HOU

419COS

500s: Natural ScienceHow can I understand nature and the world about me?

Man gets curious about the natural world—both living and nonliving things.


530STR

569.9STE

600 s: TechnologyHow can I use what I know about nature?

Primitive man observed the natural world, then created based on that knowledge: developing tools and machines, cooking techniques, and medicine, for example.


614.5ZAH

614ADE

700s: Fine Arts and RecreationHow can I enjoy my leisure time?

With all the free time created by technology, the caveman begins to create art, music, dance, and sports to express himself.


709GRE

781.642CAR

800s: LiteratureHow can I give my children a record of man's heroic deeds?

Man became a storyteller, creating fables, poetry, and plays about his ancestors and the people he knew. Later, man recorded these stories for all people to read.



811MOR

823GRE

900s: Geography, History, BiographyHow can I leave a record for men of the future?

Man began to write about events that had occurred everywhere, and about people who had participated in these events.


909.82KAU

954.02PRE

Quick Review: Dewey Decimal System• 000 General Knowledge

• Almanacs, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries

• 100 Psychology & Physiology• Who am I?

• 200 Religion• How did I get here? Who made me?

• 300 Social Sciences & Folklore• Who is the caveman next door?

• 400 Languages & Grammar• How do I communicate with him/her?

• 500 Math & Science• What can I know about the natural world?

• 600 Medicine & Technology• What can I do/make with what I know about the natural world?

• 700 Arts & Recreation• What can I do for fun? How can I express myself?

• 800 Literature• How can I tell my children about how great we are?

• 900 Geography & History• How can I tell future generations about what we accomplished?


Test Your Knowledge!

Which book would be in the 700s?Clipart.com School Edition, 2010

• Monkeys and Their Habitats

• Dreams and Nightmares: What Our Sleep Says About Us

• Baseball’s Greats

500s Natural Science

100s Philosophy and Psychology

700s Arts and Recreation


Clipart.com School Edition, 2010 Where can you find a book on handheld digital devices like cell phones or iPods?

•200s

•400s

•600s

Technology…right!

Languages

Religion



Match the books with their Dewey class

Heroes of Mythology

The Rise of Methamphetamines

The Aftermath of 9/11

300s

900s

200s

Your Assignment:ELA9LSV1 The student participates in student-to-teacher, student-to-student, and group verbal interactions.

• Split into 10 teams.• Draw a Dewey Main Class slip.• Go to your section of the collection to look at

the types of books in that main class.• Create a caveman skit to illustrate your Dewey

main class. Be sure to give examples of at least 3 types of books in your section.

• Caveman it up to share with the class!


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Carlin, R. (2005). Country (American popular music). New York: Facts on File. Retrieved June 22, 2010, from http://www.titlewave.com/search?SID=067006cdfdd68559fcd8ebfc1c50fc4c

Cleaver, E. (1999). Soul on ice. New York: Delta. Retrieved June 22, 2010 , from http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Ice-Eldridge-Cleaver/dp/038533379X

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Dewey Caveman Story. (n.d.). Media Technology Anacortes School District. Retrieved June 17, 2010, from mte.anacortes.k12.wa.us/library/dewey/deweystory.htm

Espeland, P., & Gootman, M. E. (2005). When a friend dies: a book for teens about grieving & healing (Revised ed.). Minneapolis (MN): Free Spirit Publishing. Retrieved June 20, 2010, from http://www.titlewave.com/cover?FLR=30515V5&SID=47d9999cf7204f6c11e5156704f04add&type=cover

Greenberg, J., & Jordan, S. (2007). Andy Warhol, prince of pop. New York: Laurel Leaf. (Original work published 2004). Retrieved June 23, 2010, from http://www.titlewave.com/cover?FLR=33164V1&SID=0edb585d546108f87e52404ebe4889e8&type=cover

Guinness world records 2010. (2009). New York: Planeta Publishing. Retrieved June 20, 2010 from http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kAeUvRPKL._SL500_AA300.

Hotel Denouement at the Lemony Snicket wiki. (n.d.). Lemony Snicket wiki. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://snicket.wikia.com/wiki/Hotel_Denouement

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References, ContinuedKaufman, M. (2009). 1968 (New York Times). New Milford: Roaring Brook Press. Retrieved June 22, 2010, from

http://www.titlewave.com/cover?FLR=04729X5&SID=0edb585d546108f87e52404ebe4889e8&type=coverMelvil Dewey biography. (n.d.). OCLC. Retrieved June 19, 2010, from www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/biography/Mora, P. (2010). Dizzy in your eyes: poems about love. New York: Knopf Books For Young Readers. Retrieved June

22, 2010, from http://www.titlewave.com/cover?FLR=06544T7&SID=0edb585d546108f87e52404ebe4889e8&type=cover

Ninth Grade Literature and Composition Georgia Performance Standards. (n.d.). georgiastandards.org. Retrieved June 20, 2010, from https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/Grade-9.pdf

Preston, D., & Preston, M. (2007). Taj mahal: passion and genius at the heart of the moghul empire. New York: Walker & Company. Retrieved June 22, 2010, from http://www.titlewave.com/cover?FLR=28903T2&SID=0edb585d546108f87e52404ebe4889e8&type=cover

Stefoff, R. (2009). Modern humans (humans: an evolutionary history). New York: Benchmark Books. Retrieved June 22, 2010, from http://www.titlewave.com/ebookpreview?SID=0edb585d546108f87e52404ebe4889e8&inside_view_for=04826RX&flrid=52216M9

Strathern, P. (1999). Einstein and relativity: the big idea (big idea series) (1st Anchor Books ed ed.). New York: Anchor. Retrieved June 20, 2010, from http://www.titlewave.com/cover?FLR=22017H3&SID=0edb585d546108f87e52404ebe4889e8&type=cover

Turner. (2009, August 10). Dewey's Not Dead. Dewey's Not Dead. Retrieved June 24, 2010, from http://deweysnotdead.blogspot.com/

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Review:Teen Spirit: One World, Many Paths

Library Journal (July 1, 2004)This is not only a worthwhile book for adolescents and their parents and teachers but also a fascinating example of contemporary interchange between the Internet and printed communication. As Pastor Paul, Raushenbush receives teens' letters and questions on Beliefnet.com, and this book uses these exchanges as jumping-off points for gently illuminating discussions on topics of interest to teens. The text is charmingly dotted with quizzes and FAQs as well as quotations from world scriptures; Pastor Paul is clearly Christian but supportive of other religions. This excellent book should provide adults with a first source for the manner and matter of answer that adolescents are seeking. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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Review: Word Histories and Mysteries: from abracadabra to Zeus

Library Journal (January 1, 2005)The 400 alphabetically arranged entries here illustrate the diversity from which the English language draws its vocabulary, particularly from the prehistoric base that linguists call Proto-Indo-European. As a result, the editors aim to demonstrate links between the ancient base and modern English. Examples include describing how pairs of words like "flour" and "flower," as well as "housewife" and "hussy" each evolved from the same Indo-European word. Typical entries span one or two long paragraphs and are spiced with anecdotes when possible. The entries take a detailed, scholarly approach, sometimes explaining broader linguistic ideas along with the history of a word. The entry for cattle, for example, discusses the sound shift from "ch" to "c," and the entry for baby-sit defines the process of back-formation of nouns. Other scholarly resources include the introduction, which summarizes highlights of the history of English; a glossary of linguistic terms; and a chart indicating the dozens of languages that developed from Indo-European. Bottom Line Given the depth of the individual entries, this offers a more scholarly approach than other books of common word origins, such as Stewart Edelstein's Dubious Doublets. An overall quality resource, this is recommended for academic and larger public libraries.-Marianne Orme, Des Plaines P.L., IL Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Review: Dizzy In Your Eyes• Kirkus Review (December 15, 2009)• A lovely collection of poems about the uncertainties of teenage love in all its

greatness and through all its varied forms of expression. Mora explores the first love between a girl and a boy, the filial love between a daughter and her father, the fraternal love between sisters, the love of family, friends and teachers, picturing each variation as a strong force that strikes, blesses, empowers and beautifies the lives of the ones touched by its light. The poet's voice is multifaceted: tender, humorous and joyful but also profound, as when she immerses her readers in the solitude and sadness of a day of school in an unknown country, with an unknown language (Spanish is the love-object here). The author employs an extraordinary diversity of poetic forms, from blank verse to a tanka, a cinquain to an anaphora, a haiku to a triolet and more, short notations adding a learning component for budding poets. The poems are complemented by abstract designs, the circles, rectangles and other geometric shapes repeating pleasingly. A must read for lovestruck teens, whether they're poets or not. (Poetry. 12 & up)

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