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Chiara Ogan on Personal Libraries

The Informed Life

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The Dewey Decimal Classification System and its Shortcomings

The chapter explores the limitations of the Dewey decimal classification system, discussing its biases and origins in the Victorian era. The speakers also explain how books are organized in libraries based on subject headings and physical location on the shelf.

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