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Dewey Decimal System Day
What is? : Dewey Decimal System Day is to recall the invention of Dewey Decimal System.
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When is? : December 10
Frequency : Annual
Observed by : USA
Where it is celebrated / observed? : Nationwide
Origin : 1876
#HashTag : #DeweyDecimalSystemDay
About : This day is the birthday of Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. On this day, you can visit a library and explore using the Dewey Decimal System. Dewey Decimal System, is a proprietary library classification system first published in the United States. The Decimal Classification introduced the concepts of relative location and relative index which allow new books to be added to a library in their appropriate location based on subject. Libraries previously had given books permanent shelf locations that were related to the order of acquisition rather than topic. The classification system is used in 200,000 libraries in at least 135 countries.
Country : UNITED STATES
