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Library Hotel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Library Hotel is a 60-room boutique hotel in New York City, located at 299 Madison Avenue (at 41st Street), near the New York Public Library, Bryant Park, and Grand Central Terminal.
The hotel boasts a unique organizing principle: each of its ten guest floors has a theme, designated after a major category of the Dewey Decimal Classification (the 5th floor, for example, is the 500s, the Sciences), with each room as a subcategory or genre, such as Mathematics (Room 500.1) or Botany (Room 500.004). (Dewey categories 000, 100, and 200 are placed on the 10th, 11th, and 12th floors, respectively.) Other room themes include Erotic Literature (Room 800.001), Poetry (Room 800.003), and Music (Room 700.005). All rooms have a small complement of books and decorations that accompany the theme, with 6000 books overall throughout the hotel.
Because of this classification scheme, the hotel owners were sued in 2003 by the OCLC (owners of the Dewey Decimal Classification system). OCLC reached an agreement with the hotel enabling the hotel to continue using the Dewey system. OCLC Press Release
Room Menu at the Library Hotel Third Floor: Social Sciences 300.006 Law 300.005 Money 300.004 World Culture 300.003 Economics 300.002 Political Science 300.001 Communication
Fourth Floor: Language 400.006 Ancient Language 400.005 Middle Eastern Language 400.004 Asian Language 400.003 Germanic Language 400.002 Romance Language 400.001 Slavic Language
Fifth Floor: Math and Science 500.006 Astronomy 500.005 Dinosaurs 500.004 Botany 500.003 Zoology 500.002 Geology 500.001 Mathematics
Sixth Floor: Technology 600.006 Health & Beauty 600.005 Computers 600.004 Medicine 600.003 Management 600.002 Manufacturing 600.001 Advertising
Seventh Floor: The Arts 700.006 Fashion Design 700.005 Music 700.004 Photography 700.003 Performing Arts 700.002 Paintings 700.001 Architecture
Eighth Floor: Literature 800.006 Mystery 800.005 Fairy Tales 800.004 Dramatic Literature 800.003 Poetry 800.002 Classic Fiction 800.001 Erotic Literature
Ninth Floor: History 900.006 Biography 900.005 Geography & Travel 900.004 Asian History 900.003 Oceanography 900.002 Ancient History 900.001 20th Century History
Tenth Floor: General Knowledge 1000.006 New Media 1000.005 Journalism 1000.004 Museums 1000.003 Encyclopedic Works 1000.002 Almanacs 1000.001 Libraries
Eleventh Floor: Philosophy 1100.006 Love 1100.005 Paranormal 1100.004 Psychology 1100.003 Philosophy 1100.002 Ethics 1100.001 Logic
Twelfth Floor: Religion 1200.006 Ancient Religion (Mythology) 1200.005 Native American Religion 1200.004 Germanic Religion 1200.003 New Age 1200.002 African Religion 1200.001 Eastern Religion
Visit the Library Hotel Website at http://www.libraryhotel.com/index.shtml
Rupesh Kumar A
Department of Library & Information Science
Bangalore University
a_rupeshkumar@yahoo.com
http://lislog.blogspot.com
http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com
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Library Hotel
>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The
Library Hotel
is a 60-room http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boutique_hotel
boutique hotel
in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
New York City
, located at 299 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Avenue
Madison Avenue
(at 41st Street), near the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Public_Library
New York Public Library
, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryant_Park
Bryant Park
, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal
Grand Central Terminal
.
The hotel boasts a unique organizing principle: each of its ten guest floors has a theme, designated after a major category of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification
(the 5th floor, for example, is the 500s, the Sciences), with each room as a subcategory or genre, such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics
Mathematics
(Room 500.1) or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany
Botany
(Room 500.004). (Dewey categories 000, 100, and 200 are placed on the 10th, 11th, and 12th floors, respectively.) Other room themes include http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_literature
Erotic Literature
(Room 800.001), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry
Poetry
(Room 800.003), and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music
Music
(Room 700.005). All rooms have a small complement of books and decorations that accompany the theme, with 6000 books overall throughout the hotel.
Because of this classification scheme, the hotel owners were sued in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003
2003
by the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Computer_Library_Center
OCLC
(owners of the Dewey Decimal Classification system). OCLC reached an agreement with the hotel enabling the hotel to continue using the Dewey system. http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/20031124.htm
OCLC Press Release
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Room Menu at the Library Hotel
Third Floor: Social Sciences 300.006 Law 300.005 Money 300.004 World Culture 300.003 Economics 300.002 Political Science 300.001 Communication
Fourth Floor: Language 400.006 Ancient Language 400.005 Middle Eastern Language 400.004 Asian Language 400.003 Germanic Language 400.002 Romance Language 400.001 Slavic Language
Fifth Floor: Math and Science 500.006 Astronomy 500.005 Dinosaurs 500.004 Botany 500.003 Zoology 500.002 Geology 500.001 Mathematics
Sixth Floor: Technology 600.006 Health & Beauty 600.005 Computers 600.004 Medicine 600.003 Management 600.002 Manufacturing 600.001 Advertising
Seventh Floor: The Arts 700.006 Fashion Design 700.005 Music 700.004 Photography 700.003 Performing Arts 700.002 Paintings 700.001 Architecture
Eighth Floor: Literature 800.006 Mystery 800.005 Fairy Tales 800.004 Dramatic Literature 800.003 Poetry 800.002 Classic Fiction 800.001 Erotic Literature
Ninth Floor: History 900.006 Biography 900.005 Geography & Travel 900.004 Asian History 900.003 Oceanography 900.002 Ancient History 900.001 20th Century History
Tenth Floor: General Knowledge 1000.006 New Media 1000.005 Journalism 1000.004 Museums 1000.003 Encyclopedic Works 1000.002 Almanacs 1000.001 Libraries
Eleventh Floor: Philosophy 1100.006 Love 1100.005 Paranormal 1100.004 Psychology 1100.003 Philosophy 1100.002 Ethics 1100.001 Logic
Twelfth Floor: Religion 1200.006 Ancient Religion (Mythology) 1200.005 Native American Religion 1200.004 Germanic Religion 1200.003 New Age 1200.002 African Religion 1200.001 Eastern Religion
Visit the Library Hotel Website at http://www.libraryhotel.com/index.shtml http://www.libraryhotel.com/index.shtml
Rupesh Kumar A
Department of Library & Information Science
Bangalore University
mailto:a_rupeshkumar@yahoo.com a_rupeshkumar@yahoo.com
http://lislog.blogspot.com http://lislog.blogspot.com
http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com http://a.rupeshkumar.googlepages.com
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