For genealogy research I've been dealing with the venerable #DeweyDecimalSystem for cataloging books. Mostly 97x books for North American #history.

Finding the number for a specific county has been a pain at times...until now!

I just found a graphical interface to it from the "Library Thing."

https://www.librarything.com/mds

I can append a number to the URL and it'll show me the trace to the subject, or I can filter down to the number for the subject (county) I'm seeking.

Awesome!

This is the content I'm here for..

#InOurTime #DeweyDecimalSystem #BBCR4

Ht @genmon

https://mastodon.social/@genmon/109823211975898509

RT @MrBeamJockey@twitter.com

@darwinsbulldog@twitter.com @LeapingRobot@twitter.com @Nisaccom@twitter.com @jonWturney@twitter.com @librarycongress@twitter.com That paper—“The rise and fall of #Cybernetics as seen in the evolution
of the #DeweyDecimalSystem” by Mary A. Powers—I found unexpectedly fascinating. Thanks.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MrBeamJockey/status/1498764900591706116

"The Dewey Decimal System... What a scam that was!"

#Seinfeld S3E5

#libraries #bibliothèques #DeweyDecimalSystem #classification