02 January 2007

Dewey Decimal System

Heres the Dewey Decimal Code for classifying literature. Many libraries follow this system.

000 – Computer science, information, and general works
100 – Philosophy and psychology
200 – Religion
300 – Social sciences
400 – Language
500 – Science
600 – Technology
700 – Arts and recreation
800 – Literature
900 – History and geography

Interestingly 666 is 'Ceramics & Allied technology' he he :-))

3 comments

Blogger Unknown kuchh to bolti...

Is there any significance behind these numbers? Why Computer Science is different from science or technology?

7:50 PM  
Blogger Unknown kuchh to bolti...

The fact: Ol' man Dewey arranged them moving from the 'heaviest' like Philosophy, Religion to 'logical' like science,technology to 'mundane' like history, geography

My guess: Computers were not in vogue when he devised this system. It must hav been added later. Since it could not be added after 900 since the basis is to maintain three digits.. the only slot available was 000.

9:42 PM  
Blogger Jas B kuchh to bolti...

Interesting!

So are you "Ceramics and Alleid technology"? He he he

10:44 AM  

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