“Blogging. I know, I know -- it's soooo, like, 2004.” With those words, and the wonderful post title “Blogalicious”, the Dewey blog came into being. The Dewey blog was started by Jonathan Furner, then an editor and now an EPC member and professor of library & information science at UCLA. He brought a wonderful color to the blog, writing as the “Vicar of Dewey Manor” (I’ve occasionally tried to bring back “Dewey Manor” as a name for the Dewey offices). In April 2006, he returned to UCLA, where he had worked previously.
Most older posts on the Dewey blog just list “Dewey” as an author. As you can see by peeking with the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, the author used to be listed, appropriately, as Jonathan. As the blog was reconfigured to have multiple contributors, the cited author listed on those early posts changed accordingly. A few different authors along the way were attributed, including me, which… I won’t mention where I was in June 2005!
This is blog post number 1,008 on the Dewey blog. (Something to look forward to: 1,009 is scheduled for this Friday!) We’ve had about 10 regular authors and more guests, though an exact number is hard to pin down due to the aforementioned display quirk. We’ve had over 1.25 million page views (!) and 681 comments.
Over the years, you’ve probably noticed all sorts of content here, from lighthearted teasers and current events tie-ins to longer, more scholarly and technical posts. We like to mix things up, remaining accessible but also providing deeper dives when appropriate.
As we look to the next 15 years, what do you want to see from the Dewey blog?
Please have more ways to share than just Twitter. Would also like an email subs feature so I don't need to use a website monitor app to get new posts. Thank you for your hard work!
Posted by: Elise | 25 June 2020 at 11:33 AM