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    Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an influential American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system...
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    location based on subject. It was first published in the United States by Melvil Dewey in 1876. Originally described in a 44-page pamphlet, it has been expanded...
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  • Switzerland. Dewey was elected to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in 1970. Godfrey Dewey was the son of Melvil Dewey, the inventor of Dewey Decimal Classification...
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  • Dewey (given name) Dewey (surname) George Dewey, Admiral of the US Navy John Dewey, American philosopher and educator Melvil Dewey, American librarian...
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  • in part by the efforts of Godfrey Dewey, head of the Lake Placid Club and son of Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System. California also had...
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    the wealthy, drawn to the fashionable Lake Placid Club. Melvil Dewey, who invented the Dewey Decimal System, designed what was then called "Placid Park...
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  • suffering from frostbite, back to health and named him Dewey, after Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal library classification system. The library...
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    Founded in a hotel on Mirror Lake in Lake Placid, New York, under Melvil Dewey's leadership and according to his ideals, it was instrumental in Lake...
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    working as an assistant to Melvil Dewey at Columbia College library not long after her husband's death and was one of Dewey's students in library science...
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    of human rights violations and war crimes. Godfrey Dewey, son of Melvil Dewey the inventor of Dewey Decimal Classification, was the president of the Lake...
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    order. The first American school for library science was founded by Melvil Dewey at Columbia University in 1887. Historically, library science has also...
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    American trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey. It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries...
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  • by a number. The language shows similarities to the Dewey Decimal Classification by Melvil Dewey. One of the only known sentences is the number-combination...
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  • of Melvil Dewey. Chicago: American Library Association. “Dewey Medal Name to Change.” 2020. American Libraries 51 (1/2): 30. June Garcia wins Melvil Dewey...
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  • American diving equipment designer and manufacturer Melvil Dui (1851–1931), also known as Melvil Dewey, an American librarian This disambiguation page lists...
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  • Library and Newberry College), Charles Ammi Cutter (Boston Athenæum), Melvil Dewey, Charles Evans (Indianapolis Public Library) and Richard Rogers Bowker...
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  • more established classification systems such as the Dewey Decimal System created by Melvil Dewey and the Library of Congress Classification system, causing...
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    for Information Architects by Mike Steckel Ranganathan's Monologue on Melvil Dewey, Recorded 1964 – transcript India's First IT Guru S.R. Ranganathan (1892–1972):...
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    cards represented authors, titles and subjects. Very shortly afterward, Melvil Dewey and other American librarians began to champion the card catalog because...
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    section was repealed, effective July 1, 1987. On July 4, 1876, Melvil Dewey (known for his Dewey Decimal Classification) incorporated the American Metric Bureau...
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  • [citation needed] In each of the first fourteen editions of the Dewey Decimal System, Melvil Dewey included a short acknowledgment of Battezzati and his catalog...
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    American Library Association led him to join with Justin Winsor and Melvil Dewey as official delegates to the International Conference of Librarians in...
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    developed field of librarianship, and is thought to have studied under Melvil Dewey, came to this library in 1895. She was appointed to be the library's...
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    poet, editor, inventor, genealogist, and librarian. He studied under Melvil Dewey, of whom he wrote a biography for the American Library Association. Throughout...
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    Library card catalogs as currently known arose in the 19th century, and Melvil Dewey standardized the index cards used in library card catalogs in the 1870s...
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  • Machine, Baker-Vawter Ledger, and Library Bureau (founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey), which was probably the first company to sell filing cabinets commercially...
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    Oliver, were moved in 1899 to a common grave near Brown's. Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System, founded a resort in the town. According to...
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  • 1905, the American Library Institute was an organization conceived by Melvil Dewey to provide for the investigation, study and discussion of issues within...
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  • inspired by the decimal classification of his contemporary Melvil Dewey, and with Dewey's initial encouragement, developed his own classification scheme...
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    that Otlet had previously imagined. They wrote to the system's creator, Melvil Dewey, asking for permission to modify his system in this way; he agreed, so...
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