[Web4lib] Innovation: NYT article on Dewey-less Arizona public library

[B.G. Sloan]

There was a discussion of innovation on this list recently...

I think the Dewey-less public library branch in Gilbert Arizona might have been mentioned during the innovation discussion, but I wanted to point out an article from yesterday's (July 14) NY Times. It's listed as the fourth most e-mailed article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/us/14dewey.html 

Librarians in general seem to come off as fuddy-duddies resistant to change and innovation, e.g., "On Web sites where librarians frequently post, the abandonment of Dewey has not been welcome. One blogger titled her entry 'Heresy!' Another called the Perry Branch’s approach 'idiotic.'"

Bernie Sloan

       
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