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A Study on the Dewey's ‘Three Genetic Paper’

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2008, 42(1), pp.335-358
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science

NamTaeWoo 1

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ABSTRACT

According to Wayne A. Wiegand in the 1998, he research to The “Amherst Method”: The Origins of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme. Although a debate about the origins of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme has been going on for generations, historical consensus remains elusive. This paper contributes information to the historiography on the origins of the scheme: 1) by grounding an account of Dewey's thinking as he was crafting the DDC on an analysis of a large body of sources than previous classification historians have consulted; and 2) by expanding and deepening historical understanding of the contextual forces influencing on the classification structure. Because the DDC idea as it first occurred to M. Dewey in Amherst in 1872-73 is an important in the history of library development in the world. He outlined the first draft of his decimal scheme and submitted it to the Amherst College Library Committee on 8 May 1873. This paper analysis to “Three Genetic Paper”, that is 1) The Merits of the System, 2) Library Classification System, 3) Its Special Adaption to our Library.

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