Dewey Free Libraries

Kiley MullaneLIS 769

Dewey Decimal System

Melville Dewey1876Includes both

fiction and nonfiction.

Ten classesTen divisionsTen sections http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dewey_Decimal_System_Poster.jpg

BISACBook Industry

Standards and Communications

51 subject headings

100s of subheadings

Word Based.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blackwell_bookstore.jpg

Criticisms of DeweyOutdatedAnglo-American

CentricCumbersomeNot general

knowledge. • Too complicated for early readers.• Does not help to

create independent library users.

In Defense of DeweyLibraries need a uniform

cataloging system.

Libraries are not bookstores.

Dewey is adaptable.

Dewey isn’t going anywhere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvil_Dewey

Dewey? Or Don’t We?Debate amongst

librarians.

How much?

ALA addressed the debate.

Knowledge Quest Vol. 42 Issue 2.

Dewey Free LibrariesUser-friendly environment.Create independent library users.Ranganathan’s Fourth Law.

Red Hawk Elementary SchoolNonfiction checkouts in line with Common

Core.Greater volume and variety of books checked

out.Self-directed checkout.

How Dewey Do It?Many methods and models.Genre—what types?BISACHybrid

Fiction by GenreNonfiction by Dewey

Where Dewey Put it?

395

Reference/

Weddingshttp://www.bing.com/images/search?q=emily+post+book&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=8148122149A91A8463D64617388D8000DCBFE215&selectedIndex=5

Where Dewey Put it?

822

Dramahttp://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=

Where Dewey Put it?

914.04

Travelhttp://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

Where Dewey Put it?

930

Historyhttp://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/ancient-history-books

Where Dewey Put it?

809

Biographyhttp://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/jane-austen-claire-tomalin/

1002479681?ean=9780679766766

References Buchter, H. (2013). Dewey vs. genre throwdown. Knowledge Quest, 42.

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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/