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Dewey Free Libraries
Kiley MullaneLIS 769
Dewey Decimal System
Melville Dewey1876Includes both
fiction and nonfiction.
Ten classesTen divisionsTen sections http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dewey_Decimal_System_Poster.jpg
BISACBook Industry
Standards and Communications
51 subject headings
100s of subheadings
Word Based.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blackwell_bookstore.jpg
Criticisms of DeweyOutdatedAnglo-American
CentricCumbersomeNot general
knowledge. • Too complicated for early readers.• Does not help to
create independent library users.
In Defense of DeweyLibraries need a uniform
cataloging system.
Libraries are not bookstores.
Dewey is adaptable.
Dewey isn’t going anywhere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvil_Dewey
Dewey? Or Don’t We?Debate amongst
librarians.
How much?
ALA addressed the debate.
Knowledge Quest Vol. 42 Issue 2.
Dewey Free LibrariesUser-friendly environment.Create independent library users.Ranganathan’s Fourth Law.
Red Hawk Elementary SchoolNonfiction checkouts in line with Common
Core.Greater volume and variety of books checked
out.Self-directed checkout.
How Dewey Do It?Many methods and models.Genre—what types?BISACHybrid
Fiction by GenreNonfiction by Dewey
Where Dewey Put it?
395
Reference/
Weddingshttp://www.bing.com/images/search?q=emily+post+book&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=8148122149A91A8463D64617388D8000DCBFE215&selectedIndex=5
Where Dewey Put it?
822
Dramahttp://www.bing.com/images/search?q=romeo+and+juliet+book&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=romeo+and+juliet+book&sc=0-16&sp=-1&sk=
Where Dewey Put it?
914.04
Travelhttp://www.bing.com/images/search?q=rick+steve%27s+europe+book&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=rick+steve%27s+europe+book&sc=0-19&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&id=FE414468BCBD0BCD5C145508D1B1AD5D360559F0&selectedIndex=0
Where Dewey Put it?
930
Historyhttp://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/ancient-history-books
Where Dewey Put it?
809
Biographyhttp://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/jane-austen-claire-tomalin/
1002479681?ean=9780679766766
References Buchter, H. (2013). Dewey vs. genre throwdown. Knowledge Quest, 42.
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Cox, Tamara. (2011, June 23). Mr. Dewey, I bid you adieu [Web blog]. Retrieved from http://e-literatelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/06/mr-dewey-i-bid-you-adieu.html
Kaplan, A.G. (2013). Is it truly a matter of “Dewey or don’t we”? Knowledge Quest, 42. Retrieved from http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.dom.edu/ehost/detail?vid=4&sid=a5046af6-a060-41a8-a179-148329e03378%40sessionmgr115&hid=127&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=eft&AN=91761324
Pendergrass, D. (2013). Dewey or don’t we? Knowledge Quest, 42. Retrieved from http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.dom.edu/ehost/detail?vid=3&sid=a5046af6-a060-41a8-a179-148329e03378%40sessionmgr115&hid=127&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=eft&AN=91761326
(2014). Dewey Services. Retrieved from http://www.oclc.org/home.en.html
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