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re: RIP: Dewey Decimal System
Posted on 1/4/20 at 8:57 am to LeroyBrown
Posted on 1/4/20 at 8:57 am to LeroyBrown
350 Public administration & military science
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Posted on 1/4/20 at 9:09 am to gthog61
To provide you with an example of the antiquary setup of DDC, let's look at cookbooks. In DDC cookbooks (technically cookery using controlled vocabulary) are found under 641, which breaks down as
600-Technology>
640-Home & Family Management>
641-Food & Drink. It then gets further broken down into geographic regions, styles and authors. It made sense in the 1870s but maybe not today.
Sometimes people just want to know where the cookbooks are located but don't want to ask for help. They wand to find it on their own by using the shelf labels or want a clear direction this popular section in a library. And really, the popular fiction section is generally kept separate from the DDC in many public libraries.
600-Technology>
640-Home & Family Management>
641-Food & Drink. It then gets further broken down into geographic regions, styles and authors. It made sense in the 1870s but maybe not today.
Sometimes people just want to know where the cookbooks are located but don't want to ask for help. They wand to find it on their own by using the shelf labels or want a clear direction this popular section in a library. And really, the popular fiction section is generally kept separate from the DDC in many public libraries.
This post was edited on 1/4/20 at 9:22 am
Posted on 1/4/20 at 9:10 am to LeroyBrown
I was actually good at following the Dewey system...
That’s another skill time has rendered useless I guess... just like reading a map or writing in cursive...
That’s another skill time has rendered useless I guess... just like reading a map or writing in cursive...
Posted on 1/4/20 at 9:26 am to LeroyBrown
Posted on 1/4/20 at 9:27 am to LeroyBrown
Good.
My Dewey Decimal System is called Google search.
My Dewey Decimal System is called Google search.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 9:33 am to LeroyBrown
350.00 A Guide to Posting on Tigerdroppings
Posted on 1/4/20 at 9:33 am to fatboydave
quote:WRONG
069: Pr0n
469.10 Language of Love
I smoked weed with Dewey Decimal.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 9:36 am to McVick
quote:
It's attached to Dewey, who was not inclusive and had a scandalous history with women.
Oh, so it's about virtue signaling.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 9:47 am to LeroyBrown
I’m glad I quit reading a long time ago.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 9:52 am to BurningHeart
Google search (including the academics) is one thing, one modern thing that doesn't fit all.
There are libraries that have so much more.
An example: you have a sick pet. The search for info via google gets you to short articles and they dead end. The Dewey system will take you to the kind of animal, and books written about it. (You won't be able to access those books at home unless you want to buy an article for $25 or more).
It has been a delight to know that I can go into any university library and go to the sections I'm interested in.
Getting away from books with pages to electronic only is a whole additional problem.
There are libraries that have so much more.
An example: you have a sick pet. The search for info via google gets you to short articles and they dead end. The Dewey system will take you to the kind of animal, and books written about it. (You won't be able to access those books at home unless you want to buy an article for $25 or more).
It has been a delight to know that I can go into any university library and go to the sections I'm interested in.
Getting away from books with pages to electronic only is a whole additional problem.
Posted on 1/4/20 at 10:02 am to real turf fan
quote:My niece is married to a Veterinarian.
An example: you have a sick pet.
Hence your argument is universally fatally flawed.
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