PREFACE.
The plan of the following Classification and Index
was developed early in 1873. It was the result
of several months’ study of library economy as
found in some hundreds of books an...
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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 librarian...
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A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library
Melvil Dewey