It has been an ongoing joke that Leonardo DiCaprio has never won an Oscar, but I'd like to think that they only joke about it because it's surprising, not because it hasn't been well-deserved. Although, the joke could come to an end in 2016 if DiCaprio wins the Academy Award for his work in The Revenant.
Dewey invented the Dewey Decimal Classification Â® (DDC) system when he was 21 and working as a student assistant in the library of Amherst College.His work created a revolution in library science and set in motion a new era of librarianship.Melvil Dewey well deserves the title of Father of Modern Librarianship..ewey invented the Dewey Decimal Classification Â® (DDC) system when he was 21 and working as a student assistant in the library of Amherst College. His work created a revolution in library science and set in motion a new era of librarianship. Melvil Dewey well deserves the title of Father of Modern Librarianship..
The Library of Congress began in 1800 with a small appropriation to buy reference books. Unlike Philadelphia or New York where Congress had previously met, there were no libraries in the infant city of Washington so one was created out of necessity. To replenish the collection that was destroyed by the British during the War of 1812, Congress purchased Thomas Jefferson's 6,487 volume library.