Prejudices/Bias Within The System

The Dewey Decimal System does in fact contain prejudice and bias. At the time the system was created, by founder Melvil Dewey, he created the 200 class. This category was to contain religion. Yet it has been argued that since Dewey was Christian the sub categories do not have enough information on other religions of the Eastern World.

In addition to Religious bias, the same type of bias is clear in the categories of History. At the time Dewey was only concerned with American History, and left out other parts of the world. Although this bias was present at the time of the systems creation, over the twenty revisions made by the system these bias' have since been adapted.

Obviously these prejudices and bias' have been worked on since the amount of libraries using this system still today is so high.

Why The Dewey Decimal System?

Among these three classification systems, The Dewey Decimal System, Library of Congress, and Book Store Method, I would have to pick The Dewey Decimal System for use in my Library.

The Dewey Decimal System is the system in which I am most comfortable, I have the most experience with, and I feel it is the most user friendly. It is easy to teach others how to use this system effectively. Even young children can become familiar with the components of this system. Whether it be presenting them with visuals such as posters or singing catchy songs or rhymes to them so that they understand the categories of the system. Whatever the case may be, I feel The Dewey Decimal System is right for any library especially my own.