Melvil Dewey was a printer and reformer. He is most famous for creating the Dewey Decimal System of library classification, which is used in public libraries around the world. He was also known for his work in educational reform. He was born in 1851 in Maine, and died in 1916 at his home in Rye, New York
The Melvil Dewey Library Classification System is an automatic classification system used to classify library materials into subject areas. It is named after Melvil Dewey (1851-1916), who created it in the 1880s while working as librarian of the New York Public Library (NYPL)
The time was when a library was very like a museum and the librarian a mouser in musty books. The time is when the library is a school and the librarian in the highest sense a teacher.Melvil Dewey
A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way: information, inspiration, and recreation. If a better way than the book can be found, we should use it.Melvil Dewey
