Civil war among U.S. librarians

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/hentoff072307.php3 ^ | July 23, 2007 | Nat Hentoff

[WarEagle]

Me, I prefer the Library of Congress system.

Back in the Dark Ages, in my college days, I spent a lot of time working in the university library. I was told then that the selection of LC vs Dewey Decimal was based on the number of books in the total catalogue. Makes sense, as LC is waaaay more granular. With it, you get a place for each individual book.

Keeping the books on the shelves in the right order with LC was bad enough. I couldn't have imagined the task with Dewey.

[Fiji Hill]

As far as I know, the only major academic library that still uses Dewey is at the University of Illinois.

[Fiji Hill]

Eratosthenes--A Librarian of
Long, Long Ago

[weegee]

When you find FR filted, see how they handle sites like DUh and DailyKaOS