When is Dewey Decimal System Day?
Sunday December 10thDewey Decimal System Day, December 10th, commemorates a system of classification and the man who created it. Melvil Dewey (1851-1931), a writer from 1851, was born on December 10, 1851. Library classification was created by the librarian using the Dewey Decimal system.
Decimal Classification (DDC) or Dewey Decimal System, the year when American Librarian Melvil Dewey invented and established it, has been in use since 1876, the year when American Librarian Melvil Dewey invented and established it. The numerical system organizes the bulk of non-fiction books, dividing them into ten main categories.
Modern libraries maintain the system that uses modern technologies since its inception. The system is both current and evolving, as well as a series of expansions and revisions. The DDC is the most widely used classification system in the world. Libraries in 135 countries around the world have translated the DDC into 30 different languages.
It is currently published by the Online Computer Library Center, Inc., and its editorial offices are located within the Library of Congress' Decimal Classification Division.
