1. Dewey Decimal Classification

2. (The guy who invented the Dewey Decimal Classification System)

3. SO
Why not come up with a way to organize non- fiction books in libraries so that people can easily find them?

4. Eureka!
(Shouted librarians)

5. Dewey’s ingenious solution was to arrange all knowledge into ten very general categories which he then continued to divide into smaller and smaller topics. His plan was to find a way to put all books on the same subject together on the library shelves.

6. The Dewey Decimal System divides all non-fiction subjects into ten categories using a different set of call numbers for each category.

7. Religion Language People Poetry and Plays Thinking and feeling
Everything in the world made by people
Everything in the world NOT made by people
What you do for fun
Poetry and Plays
Past events and places
921
Biography

8. 100 – 199 Philosophy Psychology Philosophy Thinking about ourselves
Who am I?
Why am I here?

9. 200 – 299 Religion Beliefs Religions Mythologies
Where did we come from?
Who created us?

10. 300 – 399 Social Sciences Communities - Learning to get along together
Trade
Commerce
Politics
Government
Education
Law
Transport
Welfare
Folk lore and fairy tales

11. 400 – 499
Language
Languages
How do we communicate with each other?

12. 500 – 599 Natural Science Natural Science Maths
Nature and the world around us
The universe
The earth
Animals
Birds
Reptiles
Fish

13. 600 – 699 Applied Science Applied Science Technology
How we have changed the natural world to make it more useful
Anything that people invent, engineer, grow, manufacture, process and build

14. 700 – 799 Fine Arts/Sports/Leisure Sport Recreation
How people use their leisure time
Art
Craft
Dance
Music

15. 800 – 899 Literature Literature
The stories, poems and plays people write in their leisure time

16. But what about fiction?
Fiction books DO have Dewey Call numbers—for example, books by American authors all have the Dewey number 810—but there are so many, we leave that off and shelve fiction by the first three letters of the author’s last name.

17. 900 – 999 Geography/History/Biography Geography History Biographies
The rest of the world
How they live now
How they lived long ago

18. 000 – 099 General Knowledge General Knowledge Encyclopedias
Books about libraries & museums
Journalism
Computers
Controversial or unexplained topics

19. And what subjects belong in this Dewey category?
General
600
Domestic animals
They’re Dewey Numbers because they now mean something.
Domestic Animals that are dogs
636
636.7
Working dogs
Working dogs that are German Shepherds
636.73
Specific

20. 636.737 636.7375 636.73756 Specific German Shepherds born in the U.S.
German Shepherds born in Minnesota
German Shepherds born in Minnesota that were born in Anoka County
Even more
Specific

21. Think of them now as Dewey Numbers! 567.912 001.94 970.1 636.7
Remember that stuff about Call Numbers?
Think of them now as
Dewey Numbers!
031
330.51
970.1
863
636.7
551.52
001.94
398.2

22. The Dewey (call) number is found on the spine label.
Why???
When the book is shelved, it can be easily seen.

23. Practice Makes Perfect
Builder Ted
Library Skills Game
"Do We" Really Know Dewey?
Adventure 1 and 2
Eugene School District Information Literacy Skills