Dewey isn't even used by all libraries, but library use/accessibility never was very good in the states anyway. Kind of pointless to learn the sorting method in your secondary school library that has nothing useful in it

[–] WrongOnTheInternet@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What does it even mean to know an indexing system?

An index is useful because I don't need to remember that 802.11 or whatever is biographies of anarchists, I can just go look it up

[–] Lyudmila@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

IEEE 802.11 is the standard for WiFi, guess that's your daily Wrong on the internet post? But check this out:

3xx - Social Sciences

33x - Economics

335 - Socialism and Related Systems

335.83 - Anarchism

At the very least, everyone should learn the first digit groups in school:

[–] miz@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago

omg you absolutely deweyed on that user

[–] WrongOnTheInternet@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

All I remember about the Dewey decimal system is that I had to walk across the building and onto another floor if I was looking for a book about a Black American (300s, social sciences) or White American (900s, history)

Edit - I just looked up 335 - Socialism and Related Systems:

335 - Socialism and Related Systems
335.6 - Fascism

Yikes

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago

I mean that one like all pre-computer-library systems is just honestly fairly obsolete. Half of it's job was that you'd have a starting point to skip over a few thousand reference cards to get where you wanted, which is hilariously easier to do on a computer without even getting all that fancy with it.

[–] Super_Lumalo@hexbear.net 11 points 6 days ago

Dewey decimal system

Holy fucking shit I didn't. Now I do! Cool stuff.

[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

Yes because it sucks