[LM_NET] Value of Dewey classification

[Shaw_Ruth_Jean <Shaw_Ruth_Jean@ASDK12.ORG>]

Managing a 1.3 million item collection for a large school district in the nation is 
a daunting task, extremely fascinating intellectually, and a terrific means of 
observing what educators and scholars are doing in the public education program.  I 
cannot imagine organizing such a collection without the Dewey Decimal 
Classification schedule.  I do admit I detest the constant reclassification 
required by Dewey users but with today's use of inserting hyper-links of  all kinds 
of URLs (lesson plans galore, etc.) within the digital library index without a 
Dewey system to guide users to wanted information strikes me as absurd.


Ruth Jean Shaw
Library Resources
Anchorage School District
5530 East Northern Lights Blvd.
Anchorage, Alaska 99504
907-742-6095
Shaw_ruth_jean@asdk12.org

"If you want to whet the intellect of the future, the perfect place to be is in a 
library."    RJS


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