The American librarian and reformer Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) established the Dewey decimal system of classifying books and played a prominent role in developing professional institutions for librarians. Melvil Dewey was born in Adams Center, N.Y., on...

An educational reformer and librarian, Melvil Dewey was born in Adams Centre, New York, on December 10, 1851 (a "decimal" date, he later boasted to friends), the fifth and last child of Joel and Eliza Greene Dewey. He attended rural local...

Melvil Dewey (December 10, 1851–December 26, 1931) was the inventor of the Dewey Decimal Classification system for library classification. Dewey was born Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey in Adams Center, New York in the United States. He attended...

Curtis Swallow, Pamela Melvil and Dewey teach literacy: a teaching guide to using the Melvil and Dewey series. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. 47p price not reported soft ISBN 1591581524 Melvil and Dewey in the chips. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. 47p...

Melvil Dewey, the father of modern librarianship, was one strange guy. But his classification system is still used in most of the world's libraries--and is well worth teaching It's tough teaching the Dewey Decimal System. I mean, let's face it, basically it's...