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See also:DEWEY, MELVIL (1851- ) , See also:American librarian, was See also:born at See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams Center, New See also:York, on the loth of See also:December 1851. He graduated in 1874 at See also:Amherst See also:College, where he was assistant librarian from 1874 to 1877. In 1877 he removed to See also:Boston, where he founded and became editor of The Library See also:Journal, which became an influential See also:factor in the development of See also:libraries in See also:America, and in the reform of their See also:administration. He was also one of the founders of the American Library Association, of which he was secretary from 1876 to 1891, and See also:president in 1891 and 1893. In 1883 he became librarian of See also:Columbia
College, and in the following See also:year founded there the School of Library See also:Economy, the first institution for the instruction of librarians ever organized. This school, which was very successful, was removed to See also:Albany in 1890, where it was re-established as the See also:State Library School under his direction; from 1888 to 1906 he was director of the New York State Library and from 1888 to 1900 was secretary of the University of the State of New York, completely reorganizing the state library, which he made one of the most efficient in America, and establishing the See also:system of state travelling libraries and picture collections. His " Decimal System of See also:Classification " for library cataloguing, first proposed in 1876, is extensively used.
End of Article: DEWEY, MELVIL (1851- )
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