1. Kindal Smith MEDT 6463

2.  This presentation is meant to be viewed by high school students (9-12) in order to become more familiar with the Dewey Decimal Classification and, as a result, better navigate the media center and its resources.  This presentation will gauge what the audience already knows about the DDC as well as test what the audience learns about the DDC through a pretest and posttest.

3.  The Dewey Decimal Classification is used by librarians to____________________________.  Where is the Dewey Decimal Classification number located on a book?  There are _______ main classes in the Dewey Decimal System.  The number ______ in the Dewey Decimal Classification indicates the book is about literature.  The number _____ indicates the book is about religion.  True or False: The DDC is the most widely used classification system in the world.

4.  Melvil Dewey (1851-1931)  “Father of Modern Librarianship”  Developed the DDC when he was 21 while working as a student librarian in college.

5.  “A general knowledge organization tool that is continuously revised to keep pace with knowledge.”  The most widely used classification system in the world.  Librarians use the DDC to organize and categorize every book that could be in the collection on a consistent basis.

6. Dewey Decimal ClassificationDescription 000-099Computer science, information & general works 100-199Philosophy & Psychology 200-299Religion 300-399Social sciences 400-499Language 500-599Science 600-699Technology 700-799Arts & Recreation 800-899Literature 900-999History & Geography

7.  Call Number- consists of the DDC class number and is located on the spine of the book as seen below

8. 006.7070.50

9. 179185

10. 297.09 Click on the book cover to see a review!

11. 333.79321.5

12. 438 495.1

13. 571.1571.8

14. 641.8629.04 Click on the book cover to see a review!

15. 741796.02

16. 822.3818 Click on the book cover to see a review!

17. 920952

18.  The Dewey Decimal Classification is used by librarians to____________________________.  Where is the Dewey Decimal Classification number located on a book?  There are _______ main classes in the Dewey Decimal System.  The number ______ in the Dewey Decimal Classification indicates the book is about literature.  The number _____ indicates the book is about religion.  True or False: The DDC is the most widely used classification system in the world.

19.  www.deweybrowse.org www.deweybrowse.org  http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/ http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/  Who's Killing the Dewey Decimal System? Who's Killing the Dewey Decimal System?

20. The Dewey Decimal Rap

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