December 10, 1851 (1851-12-10) Adams Center, New York, U.S.
Died
December 26, 1931(1931-12-26) (aged 80) Lake Placid, Florida, U.S.
Spouses
Annie R. Godfrey
(m. 1878)
Emily McKay Beal
(m. 1924)
Children
Godfrey Dewey
Alma mater
Amherst College (AB, MA)
Occupation
Librarian
resort developer
reformer
Known for
Dewey Decimal Classification
Signature
Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an influential American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, a founder of the Lake Placid Club, and a chief librarian at Columbia University. He was also a founding member of the American Library Association. Although Dewey's contributions to the modern library are widely recognized, his legacy is marred by allegations of sexual harassment, racism, and antisemitism.
Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an influential American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system...
location based on subject. It was first published in the United States by MelvilDewey in 1876. Originally described in a 44-page pamphlet, it has been expanded...
Switzerland. Dewey was elected to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in 1970. Godfrey Dewey was the son of MelvilDewey, the inventor of Dewey Decimal Classification...
suffering from frostbite, back to health and named him Dewey, after MelvilDewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal library classification system. The library...
of MelvilDewey. Chicago: American Library Association. “Dewey Medal Name to Change.” 2020. American Libraries 51 (1/2): 30. June Garcia wins Melvil Dewey...
working as an assistant to MelvilDewey at Columbia College library not long after her husband's death and was one of Dewey's students in library science...
under MelvilDewey's leadership and according to his ideals. It was instrumental in Lake Placid's development as an internationally known resort. Dewey and...
poet, editor, inventor, genealogist, and librarian. He studied under MelvilDewey, of whom he wrote a biography for the American Library Association. Throughout...
American trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by MelvilDewey. It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries...
order. The first American school for library science was founded by MelvilDewey at Columbia University in 1887. Historically, library science has also...
Dewey (given name) Dewey (surname) George Dewey, Admiral of the US Navy John Dewey, American philosopher and educator MelvilDewey, American librarian...
in part by the efforts of Godfrey Dewey, head of the Lake Placid Club and son of MelvilDewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System. California also had...
Library and Newberry College), Charles Ammi Cutter (Boston Athenæum), MelvilDewey, Charles Evans (Indianapolis Public Library) and Richard Rogers Bowker...
cards represented authors, titles and subjects. Very shortly afterward, MelvilDewey and other American librarians began to champion the card catalog because...
section was repealed, effective July 1, 1987. On July 4, 1876, MelvilDewey (known for his Dewey Decimal Classification) incorporated the American Metric Bureau...
by a number. The language shows similarities to the Dewey Decimal Classification by MelvilDewey. One of the only known sentences is the number-combination...
Library card catalogs as currently known arose in the 19th century, and MelvilDewey standardized the index cards used in library card catalogs in the 1870s...
1905, the American Library Institute was an organization conceived by MelvilDewey to provide for the investigation, study and discussion of issues within...
Machine, Baker-Vawter Ledger, and Library Bureau (founded in 1876 by MelvilDewey), which was probably the first company to sell filing cabinets commercially...
developed field of librarianship, and is thought to have studied under MelvilDewey, came to this library in 1895. She was appointed to be the library's...
that Otlet had previously imagined. They wrote to the system's creator, MelvilDewey, asking for permission to modify his system in this way; he agreed, so...
of the publication for 50 years. In May 1876, Bowker, Leypoldt, and MelvilDewey met in New York City to discuss the development of libraries. At the...
American Library Association (ALA) in 1876 by a group of librarians led by MelvilDewey. At these beginning stages of development, the school libraries were...
handwritten cards of library catalogs. Beginning in September 1885, MelvilDewey and Thomas Edison developed and perfected the approved library hand to...
Haight was completed in 1883.: 439 From 1883 to 1888, MelvilDewey, the creator of the Dewey Decimal Classification and a founder of the American Library...
[citation needed] In each of the first fourteen editions of the Dewey Decimal System, MelvilDewey included a short acknowledgment of Battezzati and his catalog...
degree of Doctor of Humane Letters 2017: American Library Association, MelvilDewey Medal 2017: Women's National Book Association, Centennial Award 2017:...