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What led to the creation of the Dewey Decimal system? Why hadn't a system existed before then? And why are there so many different types of library systems organized so differently? And why was Dewey's system the most successful? What was unique about his system?

by /u/Isatis_tinctoria in /r/AskHistorians

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