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Melville Dewey served as the librarian at Columbia University from 1883 to 1888. During his tenure, he was instrumental in reorganizing the university's library system and promoting the use of his own Dewey Decimal Classification system for organizing library materials. His work at Columbia played a significant role in advancing library science and improving access to information.

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