Title: Dewey Decimal Classification System
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6Who created the Dewey Decimal Classification
System?
- Melvil Dewey was born on December 10, 1851
- Melvil Dewey created the number order system for
library books when he was 21 years old. - Melvil Dewey started the first school for
librarians.
7Ten Main Classifications in Deweys System
- The worlds knowledge is divided into 10
categories or groups. - Each group has a main title and is represented by
three numbers.
8The Big Ten!
- Generalities 000
- Philosophy 100
- Religion 200
- Social Science 300
- Language 400
- Science Math 500
- Technology 600
- The Arts 700
- Literature 800
- Geography History - 900
Brings order to the massive amount of world
knowledge
9You Can Judge A Book by Its Cover!
- The Dewey Decimal Classification call number can
be found on the spine label. - Why?
- When the book is shelved, the Dewey Decimal
Classification call number can be easily seen.
200Bya
500 Lee
000 Mea
10Generalities - 000
- Encyclopedias
- News media
- Rare Books
Encyclopedias, References
11Philosophy - 100
- Paranormal phenomena
- Psychology
- Logic
Man thinks
12Religion - 200
- Bible
- History of Christianity
- Other Religions
About God
13Social Science - 300
About mans neighbors
14Language - 400
- English
- Spanish
- Other Languages
Man talks with other men
15Natural Science Math - 500
- Mathematics
- Earth sciences
- Plants
- Animals
Man discovers all that is around him
16Technology 600
- Medicine
- Agriculture
- Family living
Man makes useful things
17The Arts - 700
- Drawing
- Music
- Recreational performing arts
Man makes beautiful things
18Literature - 800
- American Literature
- Poetry
Man writes
19Geography History - 900
- Geography
- Biographies
- Ancient History
Man writes about travel, people, and events
20Flashback! What Do You Remember?
- Who created the Dewey Decimal Classification
System? - What does that system do for our library?
- How many main classifications are there?
- Where do you find the Dewey number on a library
book?
21Flashback! What Do You Remember?
- Next we are going to go to our assigned
computers, go to the Internet (Mozilla Firefox)
click on the Library button and from there choose
the link named Library Class Links and then Dewey
Decimal Activities. - Can we have a volunteer to demonstrate this for
the class using the SmartBoard?