Melville Dewey, the Dewey Melville Dewey, the Dewey Decimal Classification System,Decimal Classification System,Call Numbers, Card Catalog, Call Numbers, Card Catalog,

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Objectives:Objectives: The students will learn about Melville Dewey. The students will learn about Melville Dewey.

The students will review what they know The students will review what they know about the Dewey Decimal Classification about the Dewey Decimal Classification System.System.

The students will understand what call The students will understand what call numbers are and how they work in a school numbers are and how they work in a school library.library.

The students will learn about the information The students will learn about the information on a card catalog.on a card catalog.

The students will become familiarized with The students will become familiarized with the new Destiny Quest.the new Destiny Quest.

Melville Dewey (1851 – 1931)Melville Dewey (1851 – 1931)

Amherst College Amherst College

A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Librarythe Books and Pamphlets of a Library which is now in its 21st which is now in its 21st edition and contained in four volumesedition and contained in four volumes

Boston and founding the Library BureauBoston and founding the Library Bureau

American Library AssociationAmerican Library Association

American Library Journal American Library Journal

Columbia College Columbia College

Director of the New York State Library Director of the New York State Library

The Dewey Decimal Classification The Dewey Decimal Classification SystemSystem

000 Generalities000 Generalities

100 Philosophy, parapsychology and occultism, psychology100 Philosophy, parapsychology and occultism, psychology

200 Religion200 Religion

300 Social sciences300 Social sciences

400 Language400 Language

500 Natural sciences and mathematics500 Natural sciences and mathematics

600 Technology (Applied sciences)600 Technology (Applied sciences)

700 The Fine arts and decorative arts700 The Fine arts and decorative arts

800 Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric800 Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric

900 Geography, history, and auxiliary disciplines 900 Geography, history, and auxiliary disciplines

Call NumbersCall Numbers “ “A A call numbercall number

is a group of numbers and/or is a group of numbers and/or letterslettersput together to tell youput together to tell youwhere in the librarywhere in the libraryto find your book.to find your book.

A A call number call number is locatedis locatedat the bottom of the book on the at the bottom of the book on the spine.spine.

It helps you to find your books It helps you to find your books quicker.quicker.

Once you've got your Once you've got your call call numbernumberfrom the card catalog, from the card catalog, it's time to go find your book!”it's time to go find your book!”

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G.I.S.D. District-Wide Call Number StandardsG.I.S.D. District-Wide Call Number Standards

Non-fictionNon-fiction 398.21398.21

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FictionFiction FF

MeyMey

EasyEasy EE

AnaAna

BiographyBiography BB

KenKen

Collective Collective BiographyBiography

920920

NatNat

Spanish FictionSpanish Fiction SpSp

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MorMor

Spanish Non-fictionSpanish Non-fiction SpSp

398.21398.21

CalCal

Teacher’s Teacher’s CollectionCollection

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756.2756.2

RinRin

Books on Tape/CDBooks on Tape/CD SRSR

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PauPau

PlayawayPlayaway PLAPLA

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RicRic

ReferenceReference REFREF

031.3031.3

AaaAaa

DVDDVD DVDDVD

732732

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VideoVideo VHSVHS

856.1856.1

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Card CatalogCard CatalogFICFICLEE Lee, Harper, 1926 - LEE Lee, Harper, 1926 - To kill a mockingbird / by Harper Lee -- [New York] : To kill a mockingbird / by Harper Lee -- [New York] : Warner Books, [1982], c1960. Warner Books, [1982], c1960. 281 p. ; 18 cm.281 p. ; 18 cm.

Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb,Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a To Kill a MockingbirdMockingbird follows three years in the life of 8- follows three years in the life of 8- year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. raping a white woman. ISBN: 0446310786ISBN: 0446310786

1. Fathers and daughters – Fiction. 2. Race 1. Fathers and daughters – Fiction. 2. Race relations – Fiction. 3. Trials (Rape) – Fiction. 4. Girls relations – Fiction. 3. Trials (Rape) – Fiction. 4. Girls – – Fiction. 5. Southern States – Fiction. I. Title.Fiction. 5. Southern States – Fiction. I. Title.

1. Main entry (Author’s name)1. Main entry (Author’s name)2. Title proper2. Title proper3. Statement of responsibility3. Statement of responsibility4. Publisher4. Publisher5. Place of publication5. Place of publication6. Date of publication6. Date of publication7. Physical description area7. Physical description area8. Notes8. Notes9. Tracings9. Tracings10. Subject headings (Subject headings are preceded by Arabic numerals).10. Subject headings (Subject headings are preceded by Arabic numerals).11. Title added entry11. Title added entry

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www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/ddchow.htmlwww.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/ddchow.html

www.scottpublib.org/dragon/Dewey.htmlwww.scottpublib.org/dragon/Dewey.html

www.who2.com/melvildewey.htmlwww.who2.com/melvildewey.html