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RIP: Dewey Decimal System
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:19 am
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:19 am
I'm a reasonably smart guy, but I am not sure I ever figured the Dewey Decimal System out, although it's been a long time since I have been in a library, like most of you Baws. Good riddance.
Bye Bye DDS
Bye Bye DDS
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Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:20 am to LeroyBrown
796.33 is football
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:22 am to LeroyBrown
Ah yes, better dumb that shite down
They should organize everything by pictures.
They should organize everything by pictures.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:22 am to LeroyBrown
Public administration & military science was always my favorite
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:23 am to LeroyBrown
000 - Generalities
100 - Philosophy
200 - Religion
300 - Social Sciences
400 - Languages
500 - Pure Sciences
600 - Applied Sciences & Technology
700 - Arts
800 - Literature
900 - History & Geography
100 - Philosophy
200 - Religion
300 - Social Sciences
400 - Languages
500 - Pure Sciences
600 - Applied Sciences & Technology
700 - Arts
800 - Literature
900 - History & Geography
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:24 am to LeroyBrown
I’m not a librarian but hardly see what is difficult to understand about the DDS.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:25 am to stat19
Your being unreasonably smart if you understand the DDS.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:35 am to LeroyBrown
Yes there are flaws with the Dewey Decimal System, especially when subjects like computer science really weren't around when Dewey created his system and is why materials are found in the 000s (General) rather than in 600s (Technology). Designing a new system around words will probably be easy for an individual library system but won't work for all libraries.
Also, this opens the Gwinnett Library System to having to constantly reevaluate and redo their classification system much more frequently when "words" change or are created. I wish them the best of luck with their endeavor, and that it better serves their users than the DDC.
Also, this opens the Gwinnett Library System to having to constantly reevaluate and redo their classification system much more frequently when "words" change or are created. I wish them the best of luck with their endeavor, and that it better serves their users than the DDC.
This post was edited on 1/4/20 at 9:02 am
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:40 am to LeroyBrown
What a scam that was
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:45 am to BRgetthenet
quote:
Your being unreasonably smart if you understand the DDS.
Well said, Goober.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:45 am to S
Bookman... May have been the best guest shot on Seinfeld.
This post was edited on 1/4/20 at 7:48 am
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:46 am to LeroyBrown
LOC system is better
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:50 am to LeroyBrown
350.69 - How To Pick Up Chicks For Dummies
Posted on 1/4/20 at 7:58 am to stat19
quote:
I’m not a librarian but hardly see what is difficult to understand about the DDS.
Main complaints are:
It's old and newer subjects need to be shoehorned into the defined set of rules.
It's a closed system (only so many subject headings and sub headings because of numbers).
More people immediately understand a bookstore model of easy-to-identify word-based subject headings.
It's attached to Dewey, who was not inclusive and had a scandalous history with women.
Smithsonian Magazine
The DDC is not hard to understand if you have access to the classification breakdown
OCLC.Org DDC23 Summaries
Posted on 1/4/20 at 8:00 am to LeroyBrown
069: Pr0n
Posted on 1/4/20 at 8:10 am to LeroyBrown
Met Dewey once he was a good dude
Posted on 1/4/20 at 8:24 am to LCA131
Like an ice cream man named Cone.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 8:47 am to McVick
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t's attached to Dewey, who was not inclusive and had a scandalous history with women.
good grief. Posted on 1/4/20 at 8:51 am to LeroyBrown
I’m just a bill on capital hill.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 8:53 am to gthog61
quote:
Ah yes, better dumb that shite down
I didn't read the article but if this is true its sad. Up until high school I used the library for school work or just to check out a fun book once in a while. It had been almost 20 years since I went back to the library and its wasn't that hard to remember how to use the system.... was easy actually. Hell I even taught my kid how to use it in a matter of a minute probably.
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