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Nachtbibliothekar

In einer Bibliothek: Wir sind nicht da, um zu urteilen, sondern um zu helfen.

@bibverband gibt es sowas in deutschen Bibliotheken auch?

@nachtbibliothekar Love it 🙏 woher ist denn das Foto, wo genau war das?

@alisa_per
Leider konnte ich die Herkunft nicht verifizieren. Ich habe es zu erst bei LinkedIn auf einer US-amerikanischen Bibliotheksseite gesehen.

@nachtbibliothekar Super Idee, vielleicht eine Idee für @rstockm ?

@sibbe @nachtbibliothekar jede Berliner Bib in der ich war, hat frei zugängliche PCs, in denen man den Bestand durchsuchen kann, so eine Wand wär hier unnötig. @rstockm

@nachtbibliothekar Da steht nirgends etwas von Büchern. 🤔

Ernst: Wissen muss frei zugänglich sein und erhalten werden. 👍

@nachtbibliothekar
I'm not perfectly familiar with that library system, but it seems as 3xx.xx is societal/legal, 61x.xx is more of medical/psychologcal and thus 15x.xx is probably "art of living". I'd actually hope there is something about abortion in the 61xx.xx tangent too, but it's more likely included in other medical topics (libraries tend to have student textbooks too).

@Kyyrypyy @nachtbibliothekar It's the Dewey decimal system - very common in non-fiction sections of public libraries in the English-speaking world (to the extent that the only library I've visited in my region that doesn't use it is an academic library). 15x is psychology, 30x is social science, 36x is social services, 61x is medicine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ has more info.

en.wikipedia.orgList of Dewey Decimal classes - Wikipedia

@Daveosaurus @nachtbibliothekar
Ah, thank you. In my country we use a slightly different decimal system (PLC), and I tried at some point to look in to other systems. Back then I was discouraged when I found multiple systems that were basically hidden behind a paywall, while trying to figure out a certain system. I think it was for some American library, if I remember correctly.

Good to know that Dewey decimal seems to be public information.