The online databases are an example of a rhyme of history (Laureate, n.d.) as they rekindle the art of archiving. While libraries continue to be clearinghouses of printed material as well as video and audio, the Dewey decimal system (still in use) has been eclipsed by online databases and library intranets.
The transition from Dewey’s classification system in 1873 to the online repositories illustrates this rhyme of history. Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey “was the first person to properly expand on and define his ideas concerning a classification that placed books into a relative order based on disciplines rather than an alphabetical order.”
Fast forward to the 21st century, today there are a multitude of online databases for a variety of subject areas, type of research or presentation, and by subscription. Ebsco, Facts on File, Ancestry, Proquest, and Ingenta are several examples.
References
A History of the D.D.C. System and its Creator Melville Dewey. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr517/02-03-wt2/projects/dewey/P1Section1.htm
Kelly, K. (2007, December). Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the Web[Speech]. Speech delivered at the EG 2007 Conference, Los Angeles. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html
Laureate Education (n.d.). Rhymes of History. [video]. http://laureate.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=5701386&CPURL=laureate.ecollege.com&Survey=1&47=3171393&ClientNodeID=984645&coursenav=0&bhcp=1
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (2003). Summaries: DDC Dewey Decimal Classification System. Retrieved from http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/summaries/deweysummaries.pdf
Fast forward to the 21st century, today there are a multitude of online databases for a variety of subject areas, type of research or presentation, and by subscription. Ebsco, Facts on File, Ancestry, Proquest, and Ingenta are several examples.
References
A History of the D.D.C. System and its Creator Melville Dewey. (n.d.) Retrieved from http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr517/02-03-wt2/projects/dewey/P1Section1.htm
Kelly, K. (2007, December). Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the Web[Speech]. Speech delivered at the EG 2007 Conference, Los Angeles. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html
Laureate Education (n.d.). Rhymes of History. [video]. http://laureate.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=5701386&CPURL=laureate.ecollege.com&Survey=1&47=3171393&ClientNodeID=984645&coursenav=0&bhcp=1
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (2003). Summaries: DDC Dewey Decimal Classification System. Retrieved from http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/summaries/deweysummaries.pdf
