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Dewey at the age of 21 created the Dewey Decimal System at Amherst College which has been used to revolutionize the field of library study. He helped to formulated library education at Columbia University and this was the birthplace of library school in Dewey system is still used throughout the world.

System used numbers, letters, coordinate materials on the same subject and related subjects to make items easier to find on the shelves. System is divided into ten main classes. The more numbers the more specific the subject.

A book is arranged by decimal place and the books are filed according to the digits. Large libraries give books unique numbers that serve as the address for locating each book on the shelf.

010 Bibliography 020 Library and Information Sciences 030 General Encyclopedic Works 040 Unassigned 050 General Serials and Their Indexes 060 General Organization and Museology 070 News Media, Journalism, Publishing 080 General Collection 090 Manuscripts and Rare Books

110 Metaphysics 120 Epistemology, Causation, Humankind 130 Paranormal Phenomena, Occult 140 Specific Philosophical School 150 Psychology 160 Logic 170 Ethics 180 Ancient, Medieval, Oriental Philosophy 190 Modern Western Philosophy

210 Natural Theology 220 Bible 230 Christian Theology 240 Christian Moral and Devotional Theology 250 Christian Orders and Local Church 260 Christian Social Theology 270 Christian Church History 280 Christian Denomination and Sects 290 Other and Comparative Religions

300 Sociology and Anthropology 310 General Statistics 320 Political Science 330 Economics 340 Law 350 Public Administration 360 Social Services, Associations 370 Education 380 Commerce, Communication, Transport 390 Customs, Etiquette, Folklore

410 Linguistics 420 English and Old English 430 Germanic Languages-German 440 Romance Languages- French 450 Italian, Romanian Languages 460 Spanish, Portuguese Languages 470 Italic Languages, Latin 480 Hellenic Languages, Classical Greek 490 Other Languages

510 Mathematics 520 Astronomy and Allied Science 530 Physics 540 Chemistry and Allied Science 550 Earth Science 560 Paleontology, Paleozoology 570 Life sciences 580 Botanical Sciences 590 Zoological Sciences

600 General Technology 610 Medical Sciences and Medicine 620 Engineering and Allied Operations 630 Agriculture 640 Home Economics and Family Living 650 Management and Auxiliary Service 660 Chemical Engineering 670 Manufacturing 680 Manufacturing for Specific Uses 690 Building

710 Civic and Landscape Art 720 Architecture 730 Plastic Art, Sculpture 740 Drawing and Decorative Arts 750 Painting and Painting ( Museums) 760 Graphic Arts, Printmaking and Prints, Postage Stamps 770 Photography and Photographs 780 Music 790 Recreational and Performing Arts

810 American Literature 820 English and Old English Literature 830 Literatures of Germanic Languages 840 Literatures of Romance Languages 850 Italian, Romanian Literatures 860 Spanish and Portuguese Literatures 870 Italic Literatures, Latin 880 Hellenic Literatures, Classical Greek 890 Literatures of Other Languages

900 World History 910 Geography and Travel 920 Biography, Genealogy, Insignia 930 History of the Ancient World 940 General History of Europe 950 General History Asia, Far East 960 General History of Africa 970 General History of North America 980 General History of South America

Franklin, Patricia and Stephens, Claire: Library 101 A Handbook for the School Library Media Specialist. Westport, Connecticut:2007.