INTRODUCING

INTRODUCING

INTRODUCING DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM

A Dewey Decimal PowerPoint Presentation by Vickie HolmesOctober 10, 2012

1STANDARDSELA3W2 The student writes in a variety of genres, including narrative, informational, persuasive, & response to literature.The student produces informational writing that:(f) Uses a variety of resources (encyclopedia, Internet, books) to research and share information on a topic.ELA3R3 The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text. The student (a) Reads a variety of texts for information and pleasure. 2PURPOSEThis Impact on Student Learning presentation is for a third grade class at J.D. Davis Elementary.

The purpose of this presentation is to introduce students to the Dewey Decimal Classification System and how to apply it in their learning.3How Do We Find Information?

Do you have a lot of books? How would you keep track of them? How would you find a book you want? Libraries have many, many, books. Librarians need to know what books are in the library. A list of books in the library is called a catalog. Today, libraries keep this catalog on computers. 4Dewey Helps You Find Information!

Where would I find love poems?

Where can I find a book on Ireland?Librarians group books by what they are aboutthe subject matter. This is how they are placed on shelves. This is called classification.5VOCABULARYClassification to arrange in groups according to topics

Revolution a complete change

Categories a group within the classification

6What or Who is Dewey?

Melvil Dewey7MELVIL DEWEYMelville Louis Kossuth Dewey was born on December 10, 1851 in New York state.

Melvil Dewey invented the Dewey Decimal Classification system when he was twenty-one years old.

This was a revolution in library science.

Melvil died after suffering a stroke on December 26, 1931 at the age of eighty.

We still use his system for classification today.

Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey was born on December 10, 1851 to a poor family who lived in a small town in upper New York State. He was interested in simplified spelling so he shortened his first name to Melvil and dropped his middle names. Melvil Dewey invented the Dewey Decimal Classification System when he was 21 years old. The Dewey Decimal Classification System is a way to group books by subject matter and place them on shelves together. Before Melvil Dewey invented this system, there was not a common way to organize libraries. Books were very expensive then and harder to find. Most buildings wree made of wood and there were no fire codes. Fires were common. Think of all the things in a library that could easily burn. So libraries kept books in buckets so they could easily carry them out if there was a fire. This was not a good method of keeping books. Can you imagine trying to find a book and have to look though buckets? So Dewey, who loved math, organized the way we keep books in the library. His system was excellent and we still use it today. 8WHERE IS THE DEWEY NUMBER? The Dewey number is locate located on the binding of the book. The first three lett letters are of the authors last name.

800 DelWhat Melvil Dewey did was think about what each book was about. He knew that when we look for books in the library, we are interested in books by topic or subject. Instead of organizing books based on the cost of the book, he organized books based on what each book was about. Books on the same subject or topic were placed together. Dewey created a number code for each topic. 9TEN DEWEY CATEGORIES000 Generalities100 Philosophy & Psychology200 Religion300 Social Sciences400 Languages500 Basic Sciences600 Applied Sciences700 The Arts800 Literature900 Geography, Biography, & HistoryThe Dewey Decimal Classification is a system of library classification made up of ten general subject areasthings that books might be about. These general numbers are in groups of 100. The decimals in the Dewey Decimal System let us give each topic a special number or code. Books are catalogued in ascending numerical order, when two or more books have the same classification number. Our media center doesnt have that many books in the collection to highlight each division. We use the classification numbers on the books and they are housed in a special area of the media center. 10000 GENERALITIES

000020030060070Books that fit in this section have many different subjects! You might want a book on computers or maybe you are interested in monsters! You might be able to find the Loch Ness, Bigfoot, UFOs or even some Aliens lurking about in the shelves. There is information about libraries, museums and newspapers in this sections. Also, the encyclopedias and World Record books are located here!

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170http://www.amazon.com/Childs-Book-Values-Lesley-Wright/dp/0789465183/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348842091&sr=8-1&keywords=a+child's+book+of+valueBe careful; there are ghosts flying around in this section! And are you really seeing what you think you are seeing? Books about optical illusions and feelings are on the shelf. There are books on emotions, values, and animal rights coming up next!12200 - RELIGION

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You dont have to be in church to find a Bible storythere are Bible stories here for you to read! Mythology and World Religions are also available in this section.13300 SOCIAL SCIENCESSocial Sciences deals with a lot of different subject areas. You might want to read a book on immigrationthat would covered under 300. Or, maybe you want to know how the three branches of government workthen you would look in the 320s for a book. Anything that deals with us as a people is covered in the 300s. 14400 LANGUAGES & GRAMMARhttp://library.muscogee.k12.ga.us/common/servlet/presenthomeform.do?l2m=Home&tm=Home&l2m=HomeThe 400s has books on languages and grammar. Lets go to our schools catalog and see if we have any books on these topics.15500 SCIENCE AND MATH

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There are so many topics listed under the 500s that I couldnt put even half of them on the slide. Any topic you can think of under science and math are shelved in the 500s. You might want a book on rocks and minerals, or find out how tornadoes are createdits here! Maybe you have a report on different land forms.look under 570. Or maybe your family is planting a tree and you want to know what is the best typelook under 580. So if you want a book on any topic that comes under science or math.just go to the 500s and start from there!16600 PEOPLE USING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYInventions600Human Body, Health610Rockets, Trains, Cars, Trucks,620Farming, Farm Animals, Pets630Cookbooks, Sewing,640Secret Codes650How Food is Made660Paper Making670Woodworking680Building690This is a good example of how a classification is broken down into smaller pieces. 600 is the umbrella for topics that are related to fit underneath. There are ten classifications within each section. If we really want to get technicalthere are smaller classifications within those ten. 17EXAMPLESMilitary Helicopters by R. J. Stephen: Dewey Number: 623.74

Dogs by Peggy Wratten:Dewey Number: 636

These are two examples of books that are in our media center here at J.D. Davis Elementary.18700 ARTS & RECREATIONArt , History of Art710Houses, Buildings,720Origami, Paper Crafts,730Drawing, Crafts,740Painting,750Printing760Photography,770Music,780Sports, Games, Magic, I Spy, Camping, Fishing, Racing, Hunting,79019800 - LITERATURE

Poetry,810

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Well, an answer for one of our angry birds. She can go to the 800s and find poetry books on love in the 810s. Along with joke, riddle, and play books. These are just a few things that are located within the 800s of the Dewey Decimal System.20900 GEOGRAPHY & HISTORY

FinallyTop of the morning to ye941.5

Biographies 920

African Countries960

Knights & Castles,940This section is huge within the Dewey Decimal System. It covers everything from explorers to different countries; not to mention biographies and American History.21REVIEWShttp://www.amazon.com/Best-Riddle-Book-Charles-Keller/dp/0806995467/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348843259&sr=8-1&keywords=Best+Riddle+Book+Ever

OverviewWhat do you see on a clear day in California? UCLA. What did they call kittens in the Old West? Posse Cats. What's a camel's favorite book? The Humpback of Notre Dame. Look no further to find hundreds of ways to make your friends bend over laughing (or in pain). A collection of over 500 riddles on many different subjects. 22J. D. Davis Media CenterDinosaur Dances by Jane Yolen

Crossing the Delaware by Arlan Dean

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23DEWEY MATCH UP000 Generalities100 Philosophy & Psychology200 Religion300 Social Sciences400 Languages500 Basic Sciences600 Applied Sciences700 The Arts800 Literature900 Geography, Biography, & History

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Cambria-Friesland School District (2012). Dewey Decimal for Kids. Retrieved on September 27, 2012 from http://www.cf.k12.wi.us/library/deweydecimal.htm Georgia Department of Education (2008) 3rd grade standardsRetrieved on September 27, 2012 fromhttps://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/GPS%20Support%20Docs/Grade-3-Georgia-Performance-Standards.pdfMuscogee County Library Davis Elementary. (2012). Destiny Catalog Retrieved on September 26, 2012 fromhttp://library.muscogee.k12.ga.us/common/servlet/presenthomefor m.do?l2m=Home&tm=Home&l2m=HomeOCLO Online Computer Library Center. (2008). How one library pioneer profoundly influenced modern librarianship. Retrieved on September 27, 2012 from http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/biography/Prescott. S (2001). School Library Journal If You Knew Dewey Retrieved on September 25, 2012 from http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA148748.html

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