Dewey Decimal Days
A multipronged program organized in partnership with venues across the Columbus, Ohio, region exploring the continued value of libraries and all things books related
Curated by James Voorhies
Columbus College of Art & Design, OH
October 14–18, 2008
Made possible with funding and staff of Columbus College of Art & Design with grants from Greater Columbus Arts Council and the Ohio Arts Council; realized within my responsibilities as Director of Exhibitions at Columbus College of Art & Design
Organized in collaboration Columbus Metropolitan Library, Grandview Heights Public Library, SkyLab, Ohio State University, and Drexel Theatre
Dewey Decimal Days brought together a slew of visual artists, writers, bibliophiles, and librarians in the Columbus, Ohio, region and beyond to consider the bearing libraries have on our daily lives.
The program was organized as a precursor to the exhibition Of Other Spaces to examine the rapidly changing place of libraries in our society, posing questions about the impact of communication and research technologies on the future of libraries.
Dewey Decimal Days comprised a series of free events including public conversations with librarians, SKYPE programs, zine-making workshops, a screening Alain Resnais’s Toute la Mémoire du Monde, video-recorded testimonials about the love of libraries, a bookmark publication project, and a dance party.
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