Yearly Population Growth Rate 1  (%) The current population of Italy is 59,798,666 as of Sunday, April 9, 2017, based on the latest United Nations estimates. 2  Italy population is equivalent to 0.8% of the total world population. 3  Italy ranks number 23 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
Dewey Decimal Classification. Dewey Decimal Classification, also called Dewey Decimal System, system for organizing the contents of a library based on the division of all knowledge into 10 groups, with each group assigned 100 numbers.
American librarian who devised the Dewey Decimal Classification for library cataloging and, probably more than any other individual, was responsible for the development of library science in the United States. Dewey graduated in 1874 from Amherst College and became acting librarian at that institution. In 1876 he published A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library, in which he outlined what became known as the Dewey Decimal Classification.