The return of Ronda Storms: Taking on the Dewey Decimal System
December 23, 2008 at 4:49 pm by Wayne GarciaAs rumors swirl about whether she’ll seek re-election in 2010, our fave headline-grabbing winger Ronda Storms is taking on the menace that is the library book classification system known to anyone who ever went to public school as the Dewey Decimal System. This just in from the Trib:
Storms, R-Valrico, railed against the book-cataloging system during a budget hearing on state library aid, calling the Dewey Decimal System “anachronistic,” costly and just plain frustrating.
The system requires training for both staff and users, she complained. If Barnes & Noble organizes its books more simply, why can’t libraries?
“A lot of little old librarians are going to have a heart attack that I even said that out loud,” Storms said during Wednesday’s hearing. “But it really is ridiculous.”
Of course, the classification system is the official system of the Library of Congress and would be very costly to replace in Florida, state officials caution. That probably won’t stop Storms.
