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<p>(<a href="http://jta.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="">JTA</a>)
— Seems like the creator of the Dewey Decimal System, the
book-classification method for libraries that bears his name, was
out of order in his treatment of minorities and women.</p>
<p>Now the Council of the American Library Association has voted to
remove Melvil Dewey, the association’s founder, from its creative
leadership medal because of his anti-Semitism and racism.</p>
<p>Melvil Dewey “did not permit Jewish people, African Americans, or
other minorities admittance to the resort owned by Dewey and his
wife,” and also made inappropriate physical advances toward women
he worked with and wielded professional power over,” the council’s
resolution passed on Sunday said, according to a<a
href="https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/06/24/librarians-move-take-dewey-name-medal"
target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title=""> report by Inside Higher
Ed.</a></p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://forward.com/fast-forward/426416/american-library-association-to-remove-dewey-name-from-medal-over-his-anti/">https://forward.com/fast-forward/426416/american-library-association-to-remove-dewey-name-from-medal-over-his-anti/</a></p>
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