How are the books arranged in the Faith Public/School Library? You know – by the Dewey Decimal System. What is the Dewey Decimal System? It is a classification system to arrange books in the library developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876. According to this site: http://www.oclc.org/dewey/ , there are 200,000 libraries worldwide that use this system to organize books and materials. The Dewey Decimal Classification System or DDC is split into ten major categories. The books are division hundreds – with the zero hundreds 000’s being general knowledge. The one hundreds (100’s) are books about psychology and philosophy, 200’s – Religions and Mythology; 300’s – Social Sciences and Folklores; 400’s – Languages and Grammar; 500’s Science and Mathematics; 600’s Technology or working books; 700’s – Arts, Sports and Recreation; 800’s Literature; and 900’s – History, geography and biography. Biography can also be found in its own section under the 92’s. What is a biography – a story about a person’s life?
Often times, you find that libraries will place the literature in the fiction section rather than the 800’s due to the lack of space. It will be arranged by author’s last name. Also, the numbers above classify nonfiction from fiction.
So now you know how books are arranged in the library and you will have an easier time finding what you need. The following resources were used: http://www.oclc.org/dewey/ ; This website is for K – 12 students and teachers to take a look at the individual categories (hundreds) and find sample titles of resources found: http://www.deweybrowse.org/
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