On July 13, 2007, Todd posted this entry in Information Architecture.
This is too interesting to pass up. In a move sure to polarize progressive librarians and curmudgeonly taxonomists, Phoenix Public Library Maricopa County Library District is dropping Dewey as its classification scheme. Hear the podcast (.mp3) courtesy of KJZZ.
From KJZZ:
Maricopa County Library District’s Marshall Shore led the charge to arrange the Perry Branch collection like a megachain bookstore… The nation’s first Dewey Decimal-less library celebrated its grand opening on Tuesday in Gilbert… Librarians hope the move lures back readers drawn away by chains like Barnes & Noble and Borders.
Image credits: Wikipedia (Melvil Dewey, left) and Marcos Najera (Marshall Shore, right)
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