About Dewey Decimal System Day
The Dewey Decimal Classification, colloquially the Dewey Decimal System, is a proprietary library classification system first published in the United States by Melvil Dewey in 1876.
It is observed on the birthday of Melvil Dewey, who was born on December 10th 1851.
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