Grace Johnson EDUT 6116. Dewey at the age of 21 created the Dewey Decimal System at Amherst College which has been used to revolutionize the field of.

Dewey Decimal SystemGrace JohnsonEDUT 6116

Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey• Dewey at the age of 21 created the Dewey

Decimal System at Amherst College which has been used to revolutionize the field of library study.

• He helped to formulated library education at Columbia University and this was the birthplace of library school in 1887.

• Dewey system is still used throughout the world.

Dewey, Dewey, where does this go?• System used numbers, letters, coordinate

materials on the same subject and related subjects to make items easier to find on the shelves.

• System is divided into ten main classes.

The more numbers the more specific the subject.

How do you find it?• A book is arranged by decimal place and the

books are filed according to the digits.

• Large libraries give books unique numbers that serve as the address for locating each book on the shelf.

000 Generalities• 010 Bibliography• 020 Library and Information Sciences• 030 General Encyclopedic Works• 040 Unassigned• 050 General Serials and Their Indexes• 060 General Organization and Museology• 070 News Media, Journalism, Publishing• 080 General Collection• 090 Manuscripts and Rare Books

100 Philosophy and Psychology

110 Metaphysics120 Epistemology, Causation, Humankind130 Paranormal Phenomena, Occult140 Specific Philosophical School150 Psychology160 Logic170 Ethics180 Ancient, Medieval, Oriental Philosophy190 Modern Western Philosophy

200 Religion• 210 Natural Theology• 220 Bible• 230 Christian Theology• 240 Christian Moral and Devotional Theology• 250 Christian Orders and Local Church• 260 Christian Social Theology• 270 Christian Church History• 280 Christian Denomination and Sects• 290 Other and Comparative Religions

300 Social Science• 300 Sociology and Anthropology• 310 General Statistics• 320 Political Science• 330 Economics• 340 Law• 350 Public Administration• 360 Social Services, Associations• 370 Education• 380 Commerce, Communication, Transport• 390 Customs, Etiquette, Folklore

400 Language

• 410 Linguistics• 420 English and Old English• 430 Germanic Languages-German• 440 Romance Languages- French• 450 Italian, Romanian Languages• 460 Spanish, Portuguese Languages• 470 Italic Languages, Latin• 480 Hellenic Languages , Classical Greek• 490 Other Languages

500 Sciences

• 510 Mathematics• 520 Astronomy and Allied Science• 530 Physics• 540 Chemistry and Allied Science• 550 Earth Science• 560 Paleontology, Paleozoology• 570 Life sciences• 580 Botanical Sciences• 590 Zoological Sciences

600 Technology

• 600 General Technology• 610 Medical Sciences and Medicine• 620 Engineering and Allied Operations• 630 Agriculture• 640 Home Economics and Family Living• 650 Management and Auxiliary Service• 660 Chemical Engineering• 670 Manufacturing• 680 Manufacturing for Specific Uses• 690 Building

700 The Arts and Sports• 710 Civic and Landscape Art• 720 Architecture• 730 Plastic Art , Sculpture• 740 Drawing and Decorative Arts• 750 Painting and Painting ( Museums)• 760 Graphic Arts, Printmaking and Prints, Postage

Stamps• 770 Photography and Photographs• 780 Music• 790 Recreational and Performing Arts

800 Literature and Rhetoric• 810 American Literature• 820 English and Old English Literature• 830 Literatures of Germanic Languages• 840 Literatures of Romance Languages• 850 Italian, Romanian Literatures• 860 Spanish and Portuguese Literatures• 870 Italic Literatures, Latin• 880 Hellenic Literatures, Classical Greek• 890 Literatures of Other Languages

900 Geography and History• 900 World History• 910 Geography and Travel• 920 Biography , Genealogy, Insignia• 930 History of the Ancient World• 940 General History of Europe• 950 General History Asia , Far East• 960 General History of Africa• 970 General History of North America• 980 General History of South America

Bibliography• Franklin, Patricia and Stephens, Claire: Library 101

A Handbook for the School Library Media Specialist. Westport, Connecticut:2007.