Biography Series-2: Melville Dewey
Melvil Dewey, Librarian
Melville
Louis Kossuth Dewey was an American librarian and educator, inventor of the
Dewey Decimal system of library classification, and a founder of the Lake Placid
Club.
Born: December 10, 1851, Adams Centre , New York ,
United States
Died: December 26, 1931, Lake Placid, Florida , United States
Nationality: American
Education: Amherst College
Children: Godfrey Dewey
He helped establish the American Library
Association (ALA) in 1876.
In 1876 he published A Classification and
Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging Books and Pamphlets in a Library, better
known as the "Dewey Decimal Classification”.
He was secretary of ALA from 1876 to 1890 and president during
the 1890/1891 and 1892/1893 terms.
He co-founded and edited Library Journal
Dewey became the librarian of Columbia College
(now Columbia University )
in New York City .
While there,
He founded the first ever library school on
January 1, 1887.
In December 1889, he became the director of
the New York State Library at Albany ,
Retiring from that position in 1906.
Melvil Dewey well deserves the title of "father
of modern librarianship".
Book selection
principle emphasised by Dewey is
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“The best reading for
the largest number at the least cost”
Reference:
http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/biography.en.html
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