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Melvil Dewey : library genius

Author: Jill Sherman
Publisher: Edina, Minn. : ABDO Pub., ©2010.
Series: Publishing pioneers.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Melvil Dewey created the Dewey Decimal Classification, a comprehensive system of classifying and shelving books in libraries. With this system, people are able to use libraries more efficiently. He also founded the American Library Association and opened the first school for training librarians.
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Genre/Form: Juvenile literature
Biography Juvenile literature
Named Person: Melvil Dewey; Melvil Dewey
Material Type: Biography, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jill Sherman
ISBN: 9781604537611 1604537612
OCLC Number: 316232997
Description: 112 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Classification --
A desire to reform --
The assistant librarian --
The year of the library --
Moving forward --
A library school --
The Albany years --
Rise and fall --
The last years --
Timeline --
Essential facts --
Additional resources --
Glossary.
Series Title: Publishing pioneers.
Responsibility: by Jill Sherman.

Abstract:

Melvil Dewey created the Dewey Decimal Classification, a comprehensive system of classifying and shelving books in libraries. With this system, people are able to use libraries more efficiently. He also founded the American Library Association and opened the first school for training librarians.

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