Melvil Dewey

Melvil Dewey (December 10, 1851–December 26, 1931) was the inventor of the Dewey Decimal Classification system for library classification.

 

The Fremont library is organized according to the Dewey Decimal Classification.

 

Here’s a webquest on the Dewey Decimal System                                           

http://educ.queensu.ca/~citc/august99/webqst2.htm  

“Do We” Really Know Dewey?        

 http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/

 How the Dewey Decimal Classification System Came to Be

http://mte.asd103.org/library/dewey/deweystory.htm                              

Can You Do the Dewey?

http://www.thrall.org/dewey/

  Nonfiction shelves are located on the walls (perimeter) of the library.

Fiction shelves are in the middle of the library.

The reference section is located at the end of the fiction shelves.

The story collections (short stories) are located near the teaching area in the back of the library.

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