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Who came up with the idea to create a library?
Ben Franklin
At first what two main categories were the books divided into?
Fiction and Non fiction
What is the first class of the 10 main classes?
General works
What was a caveman's first thought?
Himself
How were libraries first organized?
Most of the time they weren't but if they were it was by size or color.
Who figured out a way to organize a library and what was it called?
Melvin Dewey and it was called the Dewey Decimal System
What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction?
Fiction is fake and nonfiction is true information
What do the numbers range from for the first main class?
000-099
What class is 500-599?
Pure science
What class is 200-299?
Religion
How are fiction books organized?
On a shelf, arrange the books in an ABC order using the author's last name. If the author wrote more than one book, you go by the ABC method and arrange them based on their titles.
How are nonfiction books organized?
by the subject
Did Mr. Dewey pick any number out of the sky for each subject?
No
What are general works?
Books that you usually wouldn't read from cover to cover.
What class is 800-899?
Literature
What class is 400-499
Language
What class is 600-699?
Applied Science
What class is 300-399?
Social Science
What class is 700-799
The Arts
How did class 100-199 (Philosophy) come to be?
From the cave man thinking about himself
How did Mr. Dewey pick the numbers out for each subject?
He came up with ten main categories he called "classes" and every book written fits into at least one of the ten classes.
What are the categories in General works?
Almanacs, encyclopedias, phone books, bibliographies, and books about books.
What class is 900-999
History, Geography, and Biography
What are the catagories in the class Religion?
Bibles, Mythology, and information about religion.
How did class 200-299 (Religion) come to be?
The cave man thinking about God.