When librarians at local public libraries decide which books to keep and which to exclude, they often violate the public trust by doing so based on ideology. To avoid potential legal liability, these ...

Dewey Decimal System Day today marks the birthday of librarian Melvil Dewey and celebrates the library classification system ...

The re-classification of a children's book on Native American history in a Texas library has caused an uproar among consumers, activists and library organizations nationwide. Last month, a citizen ...

THE interesting library classification code set forth in this book by the Librarian of the University of Madras differs from others in that instead of showing a class subdivision for every topic, the ...

"A revision of the second edition, originally published in 1917, and includes additions and changes made by the Library of Congress through June 1977." Includes index. Kept up to date by the ...