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Author:

O'Neill, Alexis, 1949- author.

Title:

The efficient, inventive (often annoying) Melvil Dewey / Alexis O'Neill ; illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Calkins Creekan imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Subject:

Dewey, Melvil,--1851-1931--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Librarians--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Fotheringham, Ed, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

Melvil Dewey's love of organization and words drove him to develop and implement his Dewey Decimal system, leaving a significant and lasting impact in libraries across the country. When Melvil Dewey realized every library organized their books differently, he wondered if he could invent a system all libraries could use to organize them efficiently. A rat-a-tat speaker, Melvil was a persistent (and noisy) advocate for free public libraries. And while he made enemies along the way as he pushed for changes--like his battle to establish the first library school with women as students, through it all he was EFFICIENT, INVENTIVE, and often ANNOYING as he made big changes in the world of public libraries--changes still found in the libraries of today!

ISBN:

1684371988
9781684371983

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1163965252

Locations:

SVPC124 -- Clarksville Public Library (Clarksville)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

AKPC906 -- Eldon Public Library (Eldon)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)

KLPC566 -- West Point Public Library (West Point)