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Some men devote themselves to simplifying English SpellingMelvil Dewey's Welcome Address posted:“It is a great plezur to welcum this association which has done and is doing so much to preserv and make more widely known the history of the greatest state of the greatest nation. Yu hav askt me to tel yu briefly the meaning of this unique club.” Some men devote themselves to creating a system of library classification that also somehow manages to be homophobic and racist quote:
Some men devote themselves to creating a health resort that would host the Olympics twice quote:As leisure time increased in the late 19th century, Lake Placid was discovered as a resort by the wealthy, who were drawn to the fashionable Lake Placid Club. Melvil Dewey, who invented the Dewey Decimal System, designed what was then called "Placid Park Club" in 1895. This inspired the village to change its name to Lake Placid, which became an incorporated village in 1900. Dewey kept the club open through the winter in 1905, which aided the development of winter sports in the area. Some men devote themselves to excluding African-Americans and Jews from that same health club. quote:In 1904 the New York State Board of Regents received a petition demanding Dewey's removal as State Librarian because of his personal involvement in the Lake Placid Club's policy of excluding Jews and other religious and ethnic groups. While the Regents declined to remove Dewey, they did issue a public rebuke, and in the summer of 1905 he resigned as a result.[12][13] Some men create career opportunities for women where there were none before. quote:In 1883 Dewey became librarian of Columbia College, and in the following year founded there the School of Library Economy, the first institution for the instruction of librarians ever organized. The proposal to establish the school was approved by the college's Board of Trustees on May 5, 1884. After a period of preparation, the school was officially opened on January 5, 1887, with an enrollment of 20 students—three men and 17 women. Women were admitted to the program at Dewey's insistence and against the wishes of the college's Regents. Some men are later found to have done that because they were Weinstein-esque sex creeps who got MeToo'd in 1905 quote:Dewey established a pattern of making powerful enemies early in life, and many of his friends found him difficult as well. As one biographer put it, "Although he did not lack friends, they were weary of coming to his defense, so endless a process it had become." Another biography refers to Dewey's "old nemesis—a persistent inability to control himself around women" as a chronic cause of trouble on the job. Indeed, when Dewey opened his School of Library Economy at Columbia College to women it was rumored that he asked for their bust sizes with their applications. Though the rumor turned out to be false he did require a photograph from each female applicant since "you cannot polish a pumpkin". In 1905 during a 10-day trip to Alaska sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA), a group he co-founded, he made unwelcome advances on four prominent librarians who informed Association officials. As a result, Dewey stepped down from the ALA.[8] Reports, allegations, and an investigation of Dewey's inappropriate and offensive behavior directed at women continued for decades after his departure from ALA. Some men can do it all some men are: Melvil Dewey More information on Melvil Dewey can be found at your local library BIG FLUFFY DOG fucked around with this message at 10:12 on Feb 14, 2019 |
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:
I’m having trouble finding any. What section is it in?
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You’re a special kind of rear end in a top hat if you’re so racist and sexist that you get called out on it in 1905
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well no one's perfect
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Sounds like Dewey's burning in hell.
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extra row of teeth posted:You’re a special kind of rear end in a top hat if you’re so racist and sexist that you get called out on it in 1905 Ah drat, stuff used to be so chill and open minded, now everyone is censoring and calling me out on stuff I say and propose because of their feelings. I can't stand this modern time and its hypocrisy anymore, I miss the 1860s, where you could get away with everything.
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So did he do any early century drugs? Opium, coca cola, that kind of thing.
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hell yeah this is the thread I've been waiting for. im a professional librarian and let me tell you i have some words to say on the Dewey decimal system vs Library of Congress classification.
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Is this melville's dewey OP?
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I had a grade school teacher tell me that I wouldn't get into college if I didn't know Dewey decimal. 🖕🖕eat poo poo lady I'm gonna get a triple super PhD just you watch
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dope stuff OP guy sounds like a true baller
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fun fact: mountain dew's original name was melvil dewey
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yeah i mean it was melvil "the mountain" dewey after all
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dewey was a man of contrasts
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ditty bout my clitty posted:Is this melville's dewey OP? this man is using the devil's spelling. Mods?
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deville*
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what category would he have put hentai in?
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Ben Smash posted:what category would he have put hentai in? Special circular filing system.
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Ben Smash posted:what category would he have put hentai in? 895 Literatures of East & Southeast Asia
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does cyberpunk have its own number?
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Ben Smash posted:what category would he have put hentai in? *lifts you up by the collar* Don't you know the Dewey decimal system?
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Rutibex posted:895 Literatures of East & Southeast Asia where does the literatures of north asia go? I would think that would be much smaller than east and southeast. unless russia is included I guess.
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Doobie Decimal System; section 420.69 - "Piled High"
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990-999, History of Australasia, Pacific Ocean Islands, Atlantic Ocean Islands, Arctic Islands, Antarctica, and Extraterrestrial Worlds
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You have to give it to the guy that his system has a ring to it's name. Dewey Decimal System Dewey Decimal System Dewey Decimal System
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The Walrus posted:where does the literatures of north asia go? I would think that would be much smaller than east and southeast. unless russia is included I guess. each category has lots of sub categories and modifiers. The numbers can get really long and stupid. I have the DDS guide on my tablet but it's like 900 pages scanned .pdf (volume 1) so it wont load properly or something. Dewey decimal system isn't so much a classification system as a shelving system. The catalogue will put books into many categories for search, but in the end the physical book has to be somewhere on the shelf so it's given a number. it's really only helpful for people that are browsing the shelves (aka no one).
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He also defeated Truman!
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Making my stinkhole all dewy
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Bloodfart McCoy posted:Making my stinkhole all dewy Where were you in Alaska?
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dewert "dewey" decimal, founder of the metric republic
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drat, dewey!
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Where were you in Alaska? Unbirthed
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GIANT OUIJA BOARD posted:I’m having trouble finding any. What section is it in? 002.021 - Founding, scope, and usefulness of Libraries and Library Stuff 920.2 - Biographies of Librarians
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Mooey Cow posted:*lifts you up by the collar* No, that's why I asked. Also kudos for hoisting me! I'm not small.
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Big Beef City posted:Doobie Decimal System; section 420.69 - "Piled High"
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Ben Smash posted:I had a grade school teacher tell me that I wouldn't get into college if I didn't know Dewey decimal. 🖕🖕eat poo poo lady I'm gonna get a triple super PhD just you watch Yeah it was also really critical to learn cursive In this society where it's rare that I actually have to physically write something down.
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Rutibex posted:each category has lots of sub categories and modifiers. The numbers can get really long and stupid. I have the DDS guide on my tablet but it's like 900 pages scanned .pdf (volume 1) so it wont load properly or something. Whoa there, my friend. I browse the shelves. But I'm also a cataloging librarian who can't switch off. In grad school, we had assignments where we were given enormous Dewey numbers, like 663.2260946915*, and then we'd have to diagram the numbers to break down what every digit signified. It was loads of fun! *class number for the commercial processing of port wine
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As part of his mission to simplify English spelling, Dewey not only changed the spelling of his first name from "Melville" to "Melvil," he changed his last name to "Dui" for a time
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Do you know Dewey?
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Rabbit Hill posted:Whoa there, my friend. I browse the shelves. I took that exact same class. though after learning all that and the library of Congress system the professor admitted that these skills were largely pointless, as we should just copy the catalogue entry of a bigger library
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