Dr. Melvil Dewey, internationally known educator, inventor of the decimal classification system used in libraries, and spelling reform advocate, died here today of a cerebral hemorrhage. He celebrated his eightieth birthday on Dec. 10.
Full story at the New York Times.
Huh?
Melvil Dewey died in 1931, as the obituary linked above indicates…
1931
Ohhh you are right. Data is from 1931 some is undoubtedly outdated.
Melvil Dewey
Irrepressible Reformer: A Biography of Melvil Dewey
RTFA
It helps when stories are posted with appropriate titles which can be ascertained by reading the full article.
Joke
The post is a joke. You look like a rube making a serious response to it. GAFC.
Services
If any librarians are going to the services we can carpool. I am in Florida and I can put several people up in my barn.
Send me a telegram if you want to join us.
I would but
I’d send a telegram, but I ain’t got the scratch.
You got one of those fancy talkin’ things Alex Bell put together? I’m told they got one I can use over at the General Store and Mercantile!
Some books contain the machinery required to create and sustain universes. Tycho (Jerry Holkins) @ Penny Arcade
I thought this was going to be a commentary
on the DDC, maybe that some libraries dropped it for bookstore-like subject groupings…
Melvil Dewey sign
Melvil Dewey birthplace sign.