So I had a very random thought at work last night or was it this morning? Hard to remember since I work the overnight shift, it could have been either. Anyway as you may know if you follow this thing regularly that I've recently rediscovered the joys of the public library system. That got me thinking about back in the day learning about the Dewey Decimal System. Does anyone remember it? It was such a BFD back in Grade School, but I'm not sure if it's still used anywhere or not.
I can tell you that the library out here by me does NOT use Dewey. Pretty sure none of the college libraries I've been to do either. So what happened to Dewey? Do we need to form a search party? Should we make up some "Have you seen Me" flyers and post them around town? Did Dewey die, retire or just fade into obscurity like so many other things from our childhoods?
Maybe Dewey exists only in Grade School libraries, assuming of course that schools still have actual libraries and not just a room with a computer in it w/ Internet access. It's a very random thought I know but you'd be surprised at the thoughts I have during my overnight work. I seriously think even though I'm "awake" and working that it's my subconscious running the show. Sleep be damned! I'm running this show.
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I'm shocked at the non-deweyness of your library. How do they organize anything? Do they just spill out their alphabets cereal the first of each month and say 'here's this month's game plan...' That just doesn't make sense. I bet they think 'card catalogue' is lingo for mail-in-order hallmarks. Pbbt!
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