1837 - 1903
Charles Ammi Cutter American Librarian
00
Charles Ammi Cutter dating history
Relationships
We have no records of past relationships for Charles Ammi Cutter.
About
Charles Ammi Cutter is a member of the following lists: People from Boston, Massachusetts, American librarians and Harvard Divinity School alumni.
Contribute
Who is Charles Ammi Cutter dating? Charles Ammi Cutter partner, spouse list. Help us build our profile of Charles Ammi Cutter!
Login
to add information, pictures and relationships, join in discussions and get credit for your contributions.
Details
| First Name |
Charles
|
| Middle Name |
Ammi
|
| Last Name |
Cutter
|
| Birthday |
14th March, 1837
|
| Birthplace |
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| Died |
6th September, 1903
|
| Place of Death |
Walpole, New Hampshire
|
| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
|
| Nationality |
American
|
| Occupation Text |
Librarian
|
| Occupation |
Librarian
|
Charles Ammi Cutter (March 14, 1837 – September 6, 1903) was an American librarian. In the 1850s and 1860s he assisted with the re-cataloging of the Harvard College library, producing America's first public card catalog. The card system proved more flexible for librarians and far more useful to patrons than the old method of entering titles in chronological order in large books. In 1868 he joined the Boston Athenaeum, making its card catalog an international model. Cutter promoted centralized cataloging of books, which became the standard practice at the Library of Congress. He was elected to leadership positions in numerous library organizations at the local and national level. Cutter is remembered for the Cutter Expansive Classification, his system of giving standardized classification numbers to each book, and arranging them on shelves by that number so that books on similar topics would be shelved together.
More about Charles Ammi Cutter
Less about Charles Ammi Cutter
