For millennia we have been classifying things: animals, vegetables and minerals; races, classes and genders; first world, second world and the rest of the lot. In the 1870s, Melvil Dewey created his decimal classifications that librarians have used...

Middle Country Public Library recently unveiled a new processing system that would awe even Melvil Dewey. As part of its recently completed customer service modernization project, the Middle Country Public Library has implemented a full-service radio...

Regular hours resume Jan. 23.

The morning stars are Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter and Venus. Evening stars are Mercury, Saturn and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. They include Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, founder of the first free school for the deaf, in...

Columbia, Canada; Whistler, British Columbia, Canada; Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Lillehammer, Norway; and Torino, Italy. It was in part decided to include Lake Placid, Fla. , to the list of sister cities the village has since the two communities have a...

Where thousands of books of every kind sit on shelves, waiting to reveal their stories to eager readers. Where there’s a place for everything, and everything is in its place — thanks in large part to one Mr. Melvil Dewey. Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) is...