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Moving to Brian Deer.
The well-meaning cleaner gave librarians a giggle when they discovered the neatly rearranged tomes.
The conventional history of computing leaves out some key thinkers.
The Mundaneum is more than an antiquated indexing system. It's an ahead-of-its-time testament to the power of information.
Guest post by Ken Mathis, Simmons University Library No library has a perfect system of organization and occasional checks of the stacks are necessary. It's important to check on how the collection has grown and understand when it needs to...
Fascinating history!
A library in a remote community believes it is the first to arrange its books according to Aboriginal cultural concepts, effectively turning its back on the Dewey Decimal System.
The American Library Association is distancing itself from Melvil Dewey as the profession reflects upon his past.
Guest post by Rebecca Green The 2012 publication of the last print edition of 200 Religion Class was accompanied by a Dewey blog posting that included the following explanation: Another exciting feature of 200 Religion Class is an optional arrangement...
Can library classification systems find new ways to deal with charges of bias? Can linked data contribute a more inclusive representation of diverse voices and communities? This panel will discuss the inherent biases present in cataloguing and classification, and consider the potential for linked data to provide a space to highlight and explore the challenging political issues that can arise in our work. These include issues related to jurisdiction, territory, and community with examples drawn from legal classification and the classification of cartographic resources.
On how the language of nonfiction and choices in the Dewey Decimal System's Taxonomy led me to believe in Bigfoot.
A “bibliomaniac” forged an alternative to Eurocentric library classifications.