1. The Accomplishments of Melvil Dewey A short history of a great librarian

2. 1851: Dewey is born in Adams Center, NY. He will go on to be know as the Father of Librarianship.

3. 1876: Dewey created the revolutionary Dewey Decimal System while he worked as a librarian at Amherst College American Memory: Amherst College Library

4. 1887: Dewey directed the nation’s first library school at Columbia College The notion of librarian education took off as a result of Dewey’s leadership: Drexel University Archives

5. 1895: Dewey founded the Lake Placid Club in Lake Placid, NY. Here Dewey worked on bringing the Olympic Games to Lake Placid Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/NY1628/

6. 1931: Dewey passes away after a lifetime of accomplishments. New York Times Obituary

7. 1932: Dewey’s final accomplishment was realized when the Olympic Games came to Lake Placid. International Olympic Commission Museum