Is Melvil Dewey Annoying?

August 10th, 2004

Cast your vote at AmIAnnoying.com. A few reasons why he may be annoying:

“He cut his employees’ salaries in half, claiming that he needed money to hire more workers.
He was accused of and investigated for illegal business practices on several occasions.
He ran a restricted Lake Placid recreation resort, barring Jews from admittance.
He was forced to step down from some esteemed positions because of his reputation as a womanizer and a bigot.
He developed retirement communities in New York and Florida, which is ironically the two states where most retired Jews live in America.”

And, a few reasons why he may not be annoying:

“He’s a librarian’s wet dream.
He had a steller work ethic and spent a lifetime influencing education reform.
He worked as a librarian at Amherst College and Columbia College (later became Columbia University).
He opened the first library school while working at Columbia College (1887).
The United States Government sent him to London’s International Library Conference as a delegate (1897).”

You choose…. (link via Through a Glass, Darkly)

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