Napa Valley Register

From the Librarian’s Desk: Decoding Dewey

Did you know that Dec. 10 is Dewey Decimal System Day? Me neither. Born on Dec. 10, 1851, Melvil Dewey is the librarian who invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. And in an age ...
Las Vegas Sun

Dewey Decimal System still most common, but some libraries using updated classification

Dewey Decimal System Day today marks the birthday of librarian Melvil Dewey and celebrates the library classification system ...
Bates College

Classification for Sound Recordings

Emeritus. COM precedes call numbers for compact discs; CAS precedes call numbers for cassettes. For all call numbers, use date of the recording as the last element of the classification number. When ...
The Harvard Crimson

Library Classification.

For the greater convenience of those pursuing special studies, accessions to the library are classed under the separate heads. The "Bulletin" for January gives the following detailed description of ...