6/18/2013: Ditching Dewey...and other cool improvements coming to the library (Anthem News)
|
“We found our customers are more interested in browsing and probably more interested in subject matter and, in the case of fiction, author and genre, so this system will serve them better.” (Nelson Mitchell, Maricopa County Library District Spokesperson) |
3/14/2013: Will 21st Century Libraries Use the Dewey Decimal System?: Some branches are transitioning away from the time-tested classification system (Patrick Hayes, StateTech Magazine)
|
"...local-level efforts to transition from Dewey to a bookstore shelving style are not occurring on a large scale, but they do represent a significant trend." |
7/3/2012: St. Vrain Valley School District secures copyright on new library classification system: Erie's Red Hawk Elementary was first to try new program (Magdalena Wegrzyn, Times-Call)
|
"This system is teaching them organization and explaining to them a different way of organizing, so I think they'll going to be more flexible when they go to different libraries." (Holli Buchter, St. Vrain Valley School District Librarian) |
6/23/2012: Nyack Library's Dewey Decimal Debate (A. Staff, Nyack News & Views)
|
"When the new wing of the Nyack Library was opened last year, a new categorization system for non-fiction books was adopted. Library patron and local author John Gray doesn’t like it and thinks the library should adhere to the traditional Dewey Decimal system." |
1/13/2012: Libraries Rethinking the Dewey Decimal System: Sussex-Lisbon library is among a growing number that are trying to make life easier for book-lovers (Andy Ambrosius, Sussex Patch)
|
“I don’t think libraries should be difficult to use...Why should you have to teach someone how to use a library?" (Kathy Klager, Sussex-Lisbon Library Director) |
12/23/2011: Dewey Decimal, Redone: Some local libraries add a new spin to the time-honored cataloging system (Barbara Moroch, Rivertowns Patch)
|
"...customer service is what it’s all about. So whether it’s to adopt change or not, the success of any library comes down to the people who support it." |
7/20/2011: Red Hawk Elementary library scraps Dewey Decimal System for bookstore model (Magdalena Wegrzyn, Times-Call)
|
"It's more intuitive...It's using a language that people are familiar with." (Stacie Ledden, St. Vrain Valley School District Communication Manager) |
2/18/2011: Who's killing the Dewey decimal system?: Some suburban libraries begin turning away from the longtime classification system (Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune)
|
"A lot of times, we're responding to what librarians think customers need, as opposed to what customers think they need." (Audra Caplan, Public Library Association President) |
7/10/2010: Has the Dewey Decimal System finally outlived its usefulness? (Roger Green, Times Union)
|
"It is ultimately the signage in the bookstore model of the library that allows one to find the books." |
10/19/2009: Saying Good-bye to the Dewey Decimal System! (Dennis Gaffney, Times Union)
|
"What we’re creating is really a bookstore system. Bookstores live or die by how well they “circulate” books, and they’ve found that the best way to do so is to arrange by topic." |
10/10/2009: Its number up, Dewey is 86ed (Jordan Carleo-Evangelist, Times Union)
|
"The bookstore model is 'perfect for the browser'" (Carol Nersinger, Albany Public Library Executive Director) |
6/8/2009: Adams County libraries shelving Dewey Decimal: Library district in Adams County becomes first in the nation to ditch decimal system (Monte Whaley, The Denver Post)
|
"The retail-based system - called WordThink - encourages browsing and helps customers find exactly what they need quickly and intuitively." (Pam Sandlian Smith, Rangeview Library District Director) |
7/16/2007: Arizona Library Suns Dewey System (John Ydstie & Marshall Shore, NPR)
|
"We are helping to break that digital divide...we are for the masses. And that's what we're trying to do is promote the best service we can for the public." (Marshall Shore, Maricopa County Library District Adult Services Coordinator) |
7/14/2007: Dewey? At This Library With a Very Different Outlook, They Don't (Sarah N. Lynch & Eugenie Mulero, The New York Times)
|
"It [Maricopa County Library District] is one of the first in the nation to have abandoned the Dewey Decimal System of classifying books, in favor of an approach similar to that at Barnes & Noble, say, where books are shelved in 'neighborhoods' based on subject matter." |