Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an American librarian and educator who invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. He was a founder of the Lake Placid Club, a chief librarian at Columbia University, and a founding member of the American Library Association.

2024年12月22日 · Melvil Dewey was an American librarian who devised the Dewey Decimal Classification for library cataloging and, probably more than any other individual, was responsible for the development of library science in the United States.

Melvil Dewey died after suffering a stroke on 26 December 1931, at age 80. His legacy is complex, but nearly ninety years after his death, he is best known for creating the most widely used library classification scheme in the world, the Dewey Decimal Classification.

2023年9月6日 · Melvil Dewey has also been called a misogynist, racist, and anti-Semite. While some biographers credit Dewey with being a champion of women in the workplace - Dewey indeed called for greater employment of women in libraries when few women worked outside of more domestic occupations - it is difficult to grant him that title when multiple women ...

2014年3月24日 · While most Americans know very little about ALA founder Melvil Dewey (1851–1931), nearly all are familiar with his signature achievement, the Dewey Decimal Classification system, which today governs the arrangement of …

2018年5月17日 · The American librarian and reformer Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) established the Dewey decimal system of classifying books and played a prominent role in developing professional institutions for librarians.

Melvil Dewey (1851–1931) is widely regarded as a pioneering figure in library science and is often referred to as the “Father of Library Science” in the United States. His visionary contributions revolutionized the organization and accessibility of library resources, laying the foundation for modern librarianship.

On December 10, 1851, Melvil Dewey, librarian and inventor of the Dewey Decimal classification system for libraries, the DDC, was born. Melvil Dewey was born as Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey into a rather poor family in the upper New York state.

An educational reformer and librarian, Melvil Dewey was born in Adams Centre, New York, on December 10, 1851 (a "decimal" date, he later boasted to friends), the fifth and last child of Joel and Eliza Greene Dewey. He attended rural local schools and early in life determined that his "des-tiny" was to become a "reformer" in educating the masses.

Melvil Dewey was an American librarian. He is best known for developing the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). The DDC is a way of organizing the contents of a library.