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Dewey Free Libraries

Dewey Free Libraries. Kiley Mullane LIS 769. Dewey Decimal System. Melville Dewey 1876 Includes both fiction and nonfiction. Ten classes Ten divisions Ten sections. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dewey_Decimal_System_Poster.jpg. BISAC. Book Industry Standards and Communications

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Dewey Free Libraries

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  1. Dewey Free Libraries Kiley Mullane LIS 769

  2. Dewey Decimal System • Melville Dewey • 1876 • Includes both fiction and nonfiction. • Ten classes • Ten divisions • Tensections http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dewey_Decimal_System_Poster.jpg

  3. BISAC • Book Industry Standards and Communications • 51subject headings • 100s of subheadings • Word Based. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blackwell_bookstore.jpg

  4. Criticisms of Dewey • Outdated • Anglo-American Centric • Cumbersome • Not general knowledge. • Too complicated for early readers. • Does not help to create independent library users.

  5. In Defense of Dewey • Libraries need a uniform cataloging system. • Libraries are not bookstores. • Dewey is adaptable. • Dewey isn’t going anywhere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvil_Dewey

  6. Dewey? Or Don’t We? • Debate amongst librarians. • How much? • ALA addressed the debate. • Knowledge Quest Vol. 42 Issue 2.

  7. Dewey Free Libraries • User-friendly environment. • Create independent library users. • Ranganathan’s Fourth Law. • Red Hawk Elementary School • Nonfiction checkouts in line with Common Core. • Greater volume and variety of books checked out. • Self-directed checkout.

  8. How Dewey Do It? • Many methods and models. • Genre—what types? • BISAC • Hybrid • Fiction by Genre • Nonfiction by Dewey

  9. Where Dewey Put it? 395 Reference/ Weddings http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=emily+post+book&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=8148122149A91A8463D64617388D8000DCBFE215&selectedIndex=5

  10. Where Dewey Put it? 822 Drama http://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=

  11. Where Dewey Put it? 914.04 Travel http://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

  12. Where Dewey Put it? 930 History http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/ancient-history-books

  13. Where Dewey Put it? 809 Biography http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/jane-austen-claire-tomalin/1002479681?ean=9780679766766

  14. References • Buchter, H. (2013). Dewey vs. genre throwdown. 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=91761325 • 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 • (2014). BISAC Subject Codes. Retrieved from https://www.bisg.org/ • (2014). Dewey Decimal System-A Guide to Call Numbers. Retrieved from http://www.library.illinois.edu/

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