Monday, December 22, 2008

"A lot of little old librarians..."

Extra! Dewey Decimal System Creates Storms in Florida (or)
Seinfeld and Melville Dewey Produce Perfect Storms
OK so State Sen. Ronda Storms (FL) has a problem with Dewey. Hey, she has a point. The classification system that public libraries use isn't always intuitive and sometimes it's downright frustrating. I mean, should Recycling at Home (363.7282) really be that close to Cannibal Killers (364.1523) or Discovering the Vernacular Landscape sharing a shelf with Reluctant Metrosexual? People are always picking on poor Melville, but really, LITTLE OLD LIBRARIANS?
--RL

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