http://www.metafilter.com/tags/DeweyDecimalSystem Posts tagged with 'DeweyDecimalSystem' at MetaFilter. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:33:37 -0800 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:33:37 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/82295/DONT%2DYOU%2DKNOW%2DTHE%2DDEWEY%2DDECIMAL%2DSYSTEM The <a href="http://www.rangeviewld.org/rangeview-library-district-%E2%80%9Cbreaking-dewey%E2%80%9D">Rangeview Library District</a> in Adams County, Colorado, has become the first library system in the US to <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/frontpage/ci_12542434">drop the Dewey Decimial System</a> in favor an in-house, word-based cataloging system. Termed "WordThink", the replacement is based on <a href="http://www.bisg.org/bisac/index.html">BISAC</a>, "a retail-based standard for organizing materials[, s]imilar to what you might see in a bookstore." <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6663145.html?desc=topstory">Library Journal's treatment</a> of the switch. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.82295 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:33:37 -0800 crassconsumerism dds deweydecimalsystem libraries library 7segment http://www.metafilter.com/28461/File%2Dthis%2Dunder%2Dbarratry A <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--deweydecimaldefen0920sep20,0,3455241.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire">trademark infringement lawsuit</a> has been filed by the owners of the <a href="http://www.oclc.org/dewey/">Dewey Decimal System</a> against New York's <a href="http://www.libraryhotel.com/">Library Hotel</a>, which numbers and fills rooms based on the system: "Each of the 10 guestrooms floors honors one of the 10 categories of the DDC and each of the 60 rooms is uniquely adorned with a collection of books and art exploring a distinctive topic within the category or floor it belongs to." Call early to book Room <a href="http://www.libraryhotel.com/concept.htm">800.001</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.28461 Sun, 21 Sep 2003 06:22:19 -0800 DeweyDecimalSystem intellectualproperty lawsuits trademarks rcade