Doing away with Dewey

The Perry Branch Library in Gilbert, Arizona has eliminated the Dewey Decimal System from its shelves. The books are now arranged by basic subjects much like a bookstore. Melville Dewey created the system in 1870s and it is used by 95% of public libraries in the US as well as thousands of libraries around the world. Critics are calling this change the "Googlization" of libraries meanwhile circulation is up in Perry and patrons are happy. Read more on this story in the Wall Street Journal.