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 |
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