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“The time was when a library was very like a museum and the librarian a mouser among dusty books. The time is when the library is a school and the librarian in the highest sense a teacher.”

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Melvil Dewey
Melvil Dewey

Melvil Dewey was a prominent American librarian and library administrator. He is best known for creating the Decimal Classification system, a method of organizing library materials by subject. Dewey's classification system has been widely adopted around the world and has had a significant impact on the development of library science. more

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