OT: NPR launches JOHN Dewey Decimal System

[Martin Swist <mswist@ASIJ.AC.JP>]

Greetings,

This morning (Tuesday afternoon for most members) I was listening to Talk
of the Nation on NPR. I was especially interested today because they were
discussing recommended books on Democracy. At the conclusion of an
otherwise brilliant program, Marcus, the NPR "Librarian", mentioned the
John Dewey Decimal System for classifying the books mentioned. I fired off
an e-mail right away to correct his statement and to recommend to NPR that
they screen their "librarians" more carefully.

Still listening...but a little more critically ;-)


Martin Swist
mswist@asij.ac.jp
Library Media Specialist
The American School In Japan (ASIJ)
1-1-1 Nomizu, Chofu-shi, Tokyo, 182 Japan
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Bradbury.

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