英语词汇dewey decimal system的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Dewey decimal system. The father of American library sci- ence, Melvil Dewey (1851–1931), first proposed his famous Dewey decimal system in 1876 while serving as acting librarian at Amherst College. It is now used by some 85 percent of all li- braries. The classification scheme, invented when he was in his early twenties, divides the entire field of knowledge into nine main classes (from 000 to 999), a second set of numbers follow- ing a decimal point indicating the special subject of a book within its main class. A man of fantastic energy and originality, Dewey later became chief librarian at Columbia College (1883– 88), where he founded, in 1887, the first American school of li- brary science. As director of the New York State Library (1889– 1906), he reorganized the state library, making it one of the most efficient in the nation, and originated the system of traveling libraries. Dewey also helped found the American Li- brary Association, the New York State Association, and the Li- brary Journal. He crusaded for simplified spelling and use of the metric system, among many other causes.

词汇	dewey decimal system
词源	Dewey decimal system. The father of American library sci- ence, Melvil Dewey (1851–1931), first proposed his famous Dewey decimal system in 1876 while serving as acting librarian at Amherst College. It is now used by some 85 percent of all li- braries. The classification scheme, invented when he was in his early twenties, divides the entire field of knowledge into nine main classes (from 000 to 999), a second set of numbers follow- ing a decimal point indicating the special subject of a book within its main class. A man of fantastic energy and originality, Dewey later became chief librarian at Columbia College (1883– 88), where he founded, in 1887, the first American school of li- brary science. As director of the New York State Library (1889– 1906), he reorganized the state library, making it one of the most efficient in the nation, and originated the system of traveling libraries. Dewey also helped found the American Li- brary Association, the New York State Association, and the Li- brary Journal. He crusaded for simplified spelling and use of the metric system, among many other causes.
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