In 1876 Melvil Dewey designed a numerical classification system for organizing books by subject; it has stood the test of time. The innovative librarian chopped the world’s knowledge into 10 ...

Still, Dewey remains by far the dominant system for organizing books. More than 200,000 libraries in 135 countries are estimated to use Dewey, making it the most popular book classification system ...

”The Dewey Decimal System was invented by Melvil Dewey in 1876,” said Peter Paulson, executive director of the Forest Press. ”In the 19th Century there was no way to organize books in libraries.

The library Dewey Decimal system groups books into 10 categories numbered 000 through 900, then divides even further within each subject to reach higher levels of specificity. Dewey, currently on its ...

And while the Dewey Decimal System provides a precise way to order, locate and re-shelve books, it allows for little flexibility in how the stacks are arranged, and patrons simply won't check out ...

The Gwinnett County Public Libraries will be closed through Wednesday due to a major book reclassification that will replace the 144-year-old Dewey Decimal Classification system with more ...