The Library Hotel in New York City is the first hotel ever to offer its guest over 6,000 volumes of books organized throughout the hotel by the Dewey Decimal System.* Each of the 10 guestroom floors honor one of the 10 categories of the DDC and each of the 60 rooms are uniquely adorned with a collection of books and art exploring a distinctive topic within the category it belongs to.
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shed in 1876, the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) divides knowledge into ten main classes, with further subdivisions. More than 200,000 libraries in 135 countries use the Dewy Decimal System to organize their book collections. Its simple and logical framework is based on the principle of decimal fractions as class marks, which are expandable to make further subdivisions. Dewy Decimal System Trademark Information Dewey (R), DDC (R) and Dewey Decimal Classification (R) are proprietary trademarks of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and are used with permission.
3rd Floor: Social Sciences (Communication, Political Science, Economics, World Culture, Money, Law)
4th Floor: Languages (Slavic, Romance, Germanic, Asian, Middle Eastern, Ancient)
5th Floor: Math and Science (Mathematics, Geology, Zoology, Botany, Dinosaurs, Astronomy)
6th Floor: Technology (Advertising, Manufacturing, Management, Medicine, Computers, Health and Beauty)
7th Floor: The Arts (Architecture, Paintings, Performing Arts, Photography, Music, Fashion Design)
8th Floor: Literature (Erotic, The Classics, Poetry, Dramatic, Fairy Tales, Mysteries)
9th Floor: History (20th Century, History, Ancient History, Oceanography, Asian History, Geography and Travel Biography)
10th Floor: General Knowledge (Libraries, Almanacs, Encyclopedias, Museums, Journalism, New Media)
11th Floor: Philosophy (Logic, Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology, Paranormal, Love)
12th Floor: Religion (Eastern, African, New Age, Germanic, Native American, Ancient)
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