The Dewey Decimal Classification system is used throughout the library with DVDS, audiobooks, and more. The only section at TPL that does not go by Dewey is the fiction section.

The “Dewey Decimal problem” extends far beyond narrow-minded innovation labs, though. It inhibits the everyday innovation of everyone in the workplace.

In 1876 Melvil Dewey designed a numerical classification system for organizing books by subject; it has stood the test of time.

The library Dewey Decimal system groups books into 10 categories numbered 000 through 900, then divides even further within each subject to reach higher levels of specificity. Dewey, currently on its ...

Melvil Dewey, the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System, was born on December 10, 1851. Among other things, Dewey was a self-proclaimed reformer, so when working for the Amherst College library in ...

The Dewey Decimal System was invented by Melvil Dewey in 1873 and is reviewed for revision twice each year. Aubuchon said some of its 19th century ideas do not work in a 21st century school.