Family history researchers are well aware of the Dewey Decimal System. The system started in the 1870s and is used in more than 200,000 libraries in 135 countries. Depending on the topic and author, ...
Melvil Dewey is the 19th century librarian who looked at the chaotic state of library shelves and said, essentially, ...
Dewey Decimal System Day today marks the birthday of librarian Melvil Dewey and celebrates the library classification system ...