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THE DEWEY DECIMAL

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM:

SO SIMPLE, EVEN A CAVE-

PERSON CAN DO IT!

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Melvil Dewey

The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is the most widely used library organization system in the world.

The system groups books by topic, dividing them into 10 main classes or categories. Each of those categories is sub-divided into 10 additional categories, with each division becoming more and more specific.

Dewey developed the DDC when he was just 21 years-old—as a student assistant librarian at Amherst College.

How can one classify ALL knowledge?

Dewey’s Design

Dewey created 10 main classes by thinking like a cave-person.

What questions would a cave-person ask?

000s: General Information:

Cave-Person wonders: Before I begin…

EncyclopediasReference Books, AlmanacsGuinness Book of World Records

031GLE

001.9KAL

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Numbers are on the spines of books

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100s: Philosophy and Psychology

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155.2JON

155.9GOO

Who am I?

Cave-Person thinks about self.

200s: Religion and Mythology Who made me?

Cave-Person wonders about maker.

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201RAU

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300s: Social Sciences Who is the person in the next cave?

Cave-Person thinks about other people and the issues they face.

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301.451CLE

362.29WOR

400s: LanguageHow can I make another understand me? Cave-Person communicates with others

through words.

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422HOU

419COS

500s: Natural SciencesCave-Person asks: how can I understand nature and the world around me?

Cave-Person is curious about the natural world—both living and nonliving elements.

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530STR

569.9STE

600 s: TechnologyHow can I use what I know about nature?

Primitive Cave-Person observes the natural world, then creates—based on that knowledge: developing tools and machines, cooking techniques, medicine, etc…

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614ADE

700s: Fine Arts and RecreationHow can I enjoy my leisure time?

With all the free time created by technology, the cave-person begins to create art, music, dance, and sports to express the self.

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781.642CAR

800s: LiteratureHow can I give my children a record of humankind’s heroic deeds?

Cave-Person becomes a storyteller, creating fables, poetry, and plays about family, friends, and ancestors –and records these stories for others .

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823GRE

900s: Geography & HistoryHow can I leave a record for the future?

Cave-Person writes about events that have occurred elsewhere, and about people who participated in these events.

Clipart.com School Edition, 2010 909.82KAU

954.02PRE

Quick Review: Dewey Decimal System 000 General Knowledge

Almanacs, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries

100 Psychology & Physiology Who am I?

200 Religion How did I get here? Who made me?

300 Social Sciences & Folklore Who is the cave-person next door?

400 Languages & Grammar How do I communicate with him/her?

500 Math & Science What can I know about the natural world?

600 Medicine & Technology What can I do/make with what I know about the natural world?

700 Arts & Recreation What can I do for fun? How can I express myself?

800 Literature How can I tell my children about how great we are?

900 Geography & History How can I tell future generations about what we accomplished?

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