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Evaluating the Applicability of Dewey Decimal Classification to Digital and AI-Generated Knowledge Systems

by Sydney Scarbro

Posted: July 31, 2026
Server: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21714713

With the ever growing abilities and creations of AI, how are we to go about sorting them? The Dewey Decimal System has been a tried and true method for centuries, but is it still applicable? This short research paper dives into that, alongside the implications of the ever growing world of AI and what can be done to perhaps improve the Dewey Decimal System to account for AI-generated creations.

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