meet melvil dewey
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Intro to the Dewey Decimal SystemTRANSCRIPT
Meet Melvil Dewey
Librarian Extraordinaire!
Did You Know?
In early libraries, books were organized by size and color.
Only the librarian knew where to find a book on the shelf.
At most libraries, you would need to ask the librarian for a specific book so she could get it for you. You were not allowed to try and find it yourself!
Nobody gets books
without asking me
first!
Then came Melvil Dewey!
Melvil Dewey was a librarian! He was born in 1851 He decided to invent a system to
organize books so that anyone could find them.
His system would help libraries put information into 10 categories.
Dewey’s 10 Categories
000 Generalitie
s
100Philosophy
& Psycholog
y
200Religion
300Social
Sciences
400Language
500Science
600Technolog
y
700Arts and
Recreation
800Literature
900History
I am a geniu
s!
The Dewey Decimal System Works!
Now that books are arranged by topic or category they are easier to find!
If you want a book about cars, they will all be in the same place!
If you want a book about dogs, they will all be together on the shelf too!
Now it’s your turn to teach!
We will be breaking into groups
Each group will make a Power Point presentation about one of the Dewey Decimal System Categories
You will present your presentation to the class.