Document (#25332)

Author

Wiegand, W.A.

Title

¬The "¬Amherst method" : the origins of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme

Source

Libraries and culture. 33(1998) no.2, S.175-194

Year

1998

Abstract

Although a debate about the origins of the DDC has been going on for generations, historical consensus remains elusive. Contributes new information to the historiography on the origins of the Scheme, by (1) grounding an account of Melvil Dewey's thinking as he was crafting the Decimal Classification on an analysis of a larger body of sources than previous classification historians have consulted; and (2) by expanding and deepening historical understanding of the contextual forces influencing his decisions on the classification structure

Theme

Geschichte der Klassifikationssysteme
Biographische Darstellungen

Object

DDC

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