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.
And while he made enemies along the way as he.
A rat-a-tat speaker, Melvil was a persistent (and noisy) advocate for free public libraries.
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.
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