[Ipg-smz] American Library Association Renames Dewey Medal – The Forward

[Gabe Goldberg]

(JTA <http://jta.org>) — 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.

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.

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 areport by Inside Higher Ed. 
<https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/06/24/librarians-move-take-dewey-name-medal>

https://forward.com/fast-forward/426416/american-library-association-to-remove-dewey-name-from-medal-over-his-anti/

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