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Shīʿīsm, Sects, and Subject Headings

The problem of bias in Knowledge Organization Systems (KOSs) has been the focus of numerous 'radical cataloging' studies. This study examines the use of the term sect as it is applied to the Shīʿī (or ...
JSTOR Daily

Hegel and Knowledge Organization, or Why the Dewey Decimal Classification Is Not Hegelian

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract It has been argued that the Dewey Decimal Classification system—the DDC—is Hegelian, that the primary division of the system is based on Hegel ...
Daily Mail

Cornell University librarian demands LIBRARIES be held accountable for their 'fraught history of being complicit in racism'

A librarian at Cornell University has claimed libraries are 'fraught with racism' - and highlighted their book classification system as evidence of this bigotry. Reanna Esmail, an outreach and ...
Napa Valley Register

From the Librarian’s Desk: Decoding Dewey

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 ...
The Citizen

National Dewey Decimal System Day

Celebrate the birthday of Melville Dewey on #NationalDeweyDecimalSytemDay. Source: Pixabay The inventor of the Dewey Decimal System of library classification, Melville Dewey, was born on 10 December ...