Dewey Decimal Donors

Surprise your neighbors, who may not know that beneath your subdued professional facade lies an expert on Javanese music. Shock your kids with your passion for leftist politics in the 1960’s! Remind your spouse of the impassioned poet you used to be, or how you once wanted to be a physicist!

Here’s how it works: Pick a section of the Dewey Decimal System (see below) that has special meaning to you (for example, Renaissance History or Pre-Columbian Art) and make a donation to the Friends of the Briarcliff Manor Public Library, Inc. in honor of your special interest. The Dewey Decimal System can be found below.

Your $5,000 donation will sponsor an entire “hundreds” section (such as all the 900’s – Geography and History), while your $1000 donation will sponsor a “tens” section (such as the 940’s – European History).

Your gift is tax deductible to the full extent provided by law.

Gifts may not be counted toward both the Naming Opportunity Program and the Dewey Decimal Donor Program. The Friends reserves the right to overlap Dewey Decimal Donor gifts of “hundreds” sections with gifts of “tens” sections.

Dewey Decimal System
000 Generalities 010 Bibliography 020 Library & Information Science 030 General Encyclopedic Works 040 Unassigned 050 General series & their indexes 060 General organizations & museology 070 News Media, journalism, publishing 080 General collections 090 Manuscripts & rare books	100 Philosophy and Psychology 110 Metaphysics 120 Epistemology, causation, humankind Donated 130 Paranormal phenomena, Occult 140 Specific philosophical schools 150 Psychology 160 Logic 170 Ethics (moral philosophy) Donated 180 Ancient, medieval, Oriental philosophy 190 Modern Western philosophy
200 Religion 210 Natural theology 220 Bible 230 Christian theology 240 Christian moral & devotional theology 250 Christian order & local church 260 Christian social theology 270 Christian church history 280 Christian denominations & sects 290 Other & comparative religions	300 Social Sciences 300 Sociology and anthropology 310 General statistics 320 Political science 330 Economics 340 Law 350 Public administration Donated 360 Social services; associations 370 Education Donated 380 Commerce, communications, transport 390 Customs, etiquette, folklore
400 Language 410 Linguistics 420 English & Old English 430 Germanic languages, German 440 Romance languages, French 450 Italian, Romanian languages 460 Spanish & Portuguese languages 470 Italic languages, Latin 480 Hellenic languages, Classical Greek 490 Other languages	500 Natural Sciences & Mathematics 510 Mathematics Donated 520 Astronomy & allied sciences Donated 530 Physics 540 Chemistry & allied sciences 550 Earth sciences 560 Paleontology, paleozoology Donated 570 Life Sciences Donated 580 Botanical Sciences 590 Zoological sciences Donated
600 Technology (Applied Sciences) 600 General technology 610 Medical sciences and medicine Donated 620 Engineering & allied operations Donated 630 Agriculture 640 Home economics & family living 650 Management & auxiliary services 660 Chemical engineering 670 Manufacturing 680 Manufacture for specific uses 090 Buildings	700 The Arts 710 Civic & landscape art 720 Architecture Donated 730 Plastic arts, sculpture 740 Drawing & decorative arts Donated 750 Painting & paintings (museums) 760 Graphic arts, printmaking & prints, postage stamps 770 Photography & photographs 780 Music Donated 090 Recreational & performing arts Donated
800 Literature & Rhetoric 810 American literature 820 English & Old English literature 830 Literatures of Germanic languages 840 Literatures of Romantic languages 850 Italian, Romanian literatures 860 Spanish & Portuguese literatures 870 Italic literatures, Latin 880 Hellenic literatures, classic Greek 890 Literatures of other languages	900 Geography & History 900 World History 910 Geography and travel Donated 920 Biography, genealogy, insignia 930 History of the ancient world 940 General history of Europe Donated 950 General history of Asia, Far East 960 General history of Africa 970 General history of North America 980 General history of South America 990 General history of other areas