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Letter: Racist and sexist? Sure, but Dewey's system works

This letter writer isn't convinced that a move away from the Dewey decimal system will help New West students.
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Should we reclassify library books to get rid of the Dewey decimal system? This New West reader says no.JannHuizenga/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Editor:

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This appears to be a trend in many elementary schools in the U.S. and Canada. If it helps younger students find materials, all well and good.

However, high school students need to learn how to use public libraries and university libraries, neither of which appear to be ditching Dewey or the Library of Congress classifications. Melvil Dewey may well have exemplified the racist and sexist attitudes of his era, but his system works.

Lois Rightmyer