tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209429814190436143.post5891217017378967489..comments2008-10-02T11:36:40.667-04:00Comments on Detroit Leaning: Dewey's not deadMatt Churchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00620784499867737571noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209429814190436143.post-47459112025172807102007-07-18T10:52:00.000-04:002007-07-18T10:52:00.000-04:00Matt,I began a project (that I am just now finishi...Matt,<BR/><BR/>I began a project (that I am just now finishing) at my church, reorganizing all of the books in their library. The lady that did it many years ago was an aspiring Librarian and so did everything in Dewey Decimal, which to anyone from outside the library community, can be a little confusing. So, I have spent these last 7 months sorting the books into subcategories under the huge "religion" area. This is no simple task as almost all of the books fall into many of the categories. <BR/><BR/>I can understand their decision to do what they are doing, and I see this library's choice to become more Borders-ish, as a means to continue to not only make the librarys more accessible, and user friendly.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the post!Monster Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103231391384064406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209429814190436143.post-48736437245496900682007-07-17T23:40:00.000-04:002007-07-17T23:40:00.000-04:00I just crossed over from academic to public librar...I just crossed over from academic to public libraries and I must say - Dewey sucks so bad. (Sorry, I'm LC fo' life.) The only thing worse than Dewey would be to, well, set a library up like a bookstore. I hope that Courtright guy doesn't think he's a pioneer or something.<BR/><BR/>But you're right we've worked with this [miserable] system for so long and it's done the trick, I guess. And I suppose it's easier to give a crash course on the Dewey lineup then LC.Eva G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10461513928646645521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209429814190436143.post-20591226857474699252007-07-17T16:58:00.000-04:002007-07-17T16:58:00.000-04:00I am a library science graduate and still can't fi...I am a library science graduate and still can't find my way around the Library of Congress Classification System with any confidence. Does that mean libraries should abandon LCCS because of my shortcomings?<BR/><BR/>I am comfortable with Dewey. I was raised with it. I can find most anything in a Dewey-classified library without consulting a catalog. How did I learn this?? By the librarians at my public elementary school library.<BR/><BR/>As librarians, we should support public-access education. It's not hard to teach Dewey to little kids. There are even fun stories that can be used to explain it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209429814190436143.post-33799993200904935142007-07-17T16:06:00.000-04:002007-07-17T16:06:00.000-04:00Did you know that Harry used to run The Library Ne...Did you know that Harry used to run The Library Network here in the Detroit-area? Ask people in TLN about Harry's "escape" and you'll learn something about this skills as an administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209429814190436143.post-45123693500612150572007-07-17T14:54:00.000-04:002007-07-17T14:54:00.000-04:00I definitely agree with you. Plus I don't think pe...I definitely agree with you. Plus I don't think people are totally oblivious to the numbers. As an English major I am frequently going to the 800s in a public library for books on literature and I imagine other users become familiar with where their 'favourites' are located. Also our library has both the numbers and a giant sign on the ceiling saying "LITERATURE" etc. The lack of any system would infuriate me!<BR/>http://littlehistories.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/possibly-annoying-possibly-the-future/KShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142455520880972313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209429814190436143.post-91670669299513474012007-07-17T12:22:00.000-04:002007-07-17T12:22:00.000-04:00I love Dewey! I cannot fathom a good reason to imi...I love Dewey! I cannot fathom a good reason to imitate the ordering of books imposed by B&N or Borders. I can never find a darn thing.kristinknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04226432073282364001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209429814190436143.post-83193261217000027832007-07-17T10:46:00.000-04:002007-07-17T10:46:00.000-04:00For further reading on the subject of knowledge an...For further reading on the subject of knowledge and order, I would recommend "Everything is Miscellaneous" by David Weinberger. Baldwin has a copy currently checked out, but it's certainly worth the hold. Weinberger does an excellent job of covering Dewey, as well as a whole bunch of topics of interest to Librarians.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18151520075888011385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4209429814190436143.post-24547795534358382772007-07-17T10:15:00.000-04:002007-07-17T10:15:00.000-04:00I love the Dewey System! America and it's stupid ...I love the Dewey System! America and it's stupid non metric fixation! <BR/><BR/>I hate Barnes and Noble it's so random, it's impossible to find anything, but not in a fun way, in some mysterious order way.Holly Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00418216664182801569noreply@blogger.com