Book Lovers: Remember this Day!

[hethatishere]

On this day in 1873, Melvil Dewey, a student at Amherst College in Amherst Massachusetts, proposed an novel decimal-based system for organizing and cataloguing Amherst's library. The faculty was so impressed by his presentation he was taken on as Amherst's assistant librarian. Dewey worked from 1874 to 1877 impementing his method and making

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Re: lol

[hethatishere]

Well, try finding a book you're looking for without any kind of a system for organization.

It would really pretty much suck a lot.

Re: lol

[sykopomp]

www.torrentspy.com

type: "name of book I'm looking for"

click link

???

Profit!

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[hethatishere]

Have you used BTJunkie (btjunkie.org)? It seems to always get more results for me although I tend to use both when I'm trying to find something specific.

[hethatishere]

Wow, fascinating facts. I was hoping you'd chime in.

Am I correct in thinking that the Boston Athenaeum runs on the Cutter system?

[starringbuttons]

Yay for the Dewey Decimal System! :D