(JTA) — Seems like the creator of the Dewey Decimal System, the book-classification method for libraries that bears his name, was out of order in his treatment of minorities and women. Now the Council ...

Melvil Dewey was rebuked by the New York state Board of Regents and resigned as state librarian over complaints from Jewish leaders about his anti-Semitism. (JTA) — Seems like the creator of the Dewey ...

The Melvil Dewey Award, according to the American Library Association, is an “annual award consisting of a bronzed medal and a 24k gold-framed citation of achievement for recent creative leadership of ...

Melvil Dewey is the 19th century librarian who looked at the chaotic state of library shelves and said, essentially, “Absolutely not.” ...