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Sherry Preston: Are you curious about the Dewey Decimal system? The Dewey Decimal system was designed to organize library books by putting a number on the book spine. Sherry Preston is the public ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

It is the 174th birthday of Melvil Dewey, the man who created the Dewey Decimal System, and was responsible more than any other person for the creation and promotion of the field of Library Science in ...

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT. Dewey ...

If you’ve ever wandered through a library and wondered why history is over here, while cooking lives comfortably over there, you have Melvil Dewey to thank. He’s the 19th-century librarian who looked ...

Melvil Dewey made huge contributions to the library world during his life. In 1876, while he was a student at Amhurst, Dewey started a library product and furniture business called the Library Bureau.

Did you know that Dec. 10 is Dewey Decimal System Day? Me neither. Born on Dec. 10, 1851, Melvil Dewey is the librarian who invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. And in an age ...

Terrorist outrages committed on Valentine's Day and a superflu epidemic have devastated New York City, whose population is now about 800,000, in film music composer Larson's less than stellar debut, ...

Six months after her toddler's death, Dewey assured followers that her forthcoming book will be "lighthearted, creative, and children-age appropriate" Lindsay Dewey/Instagram On Aug. 18, Lindsay Dewey ...

The Starboard in Dewey Beach, Delaware, was named one of USA TODAY's 27 Bars of the Year for 2025. The popular bar is known for its signature Orange Crush drink, energetic atmosphere, and unique ...