Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique)
Ray Depew (rrd@fc.hp.com)
7 Aug 1995 17:07:39 GMT
That nice lady from the
Reference Dept of Thomas Jefferson Library (e-ref@umslvma.umsl.edu) wrote:
: rrd@fc.hp.com (Ray Depew) wrote:
: >4) Most libraries are already using a duodecimal system to catalog their
: >books.
:
: This is a troll, right? That's Dewey Decimal, son,--not duodecimal--and
: a lot of libraries, especially academic ones, don't use old Melvil's
: system anymore.
Actually, no, it was a joke.
: Anne
: Reference Librarian
Regards
Ray Depew
lover of libraries and friend of librarians for many years
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