About Library Bureau — Our Legacy —
Melvil Dewey founder, Library Bureau
Among Melvil Dewey's many significant accomplishments, in 1876 he founded Library Bureau library supply company in Boston, Massachusetts "for the definite purpose of furnishing libraries with equipment and supplies of unvarying correctness and reliability."

Other accomplishments (source: ALA, January 1996)
• 1876 Published the Dewey Decimal classification system
• 1876 Organized the first conference for librarians in Philadelphia
   at which ALA was born
• 1876 Was one of the original founders of the American Library Journal,
   a publication for librarians. Served as the managing editor of the
   publication until 1881
• 1885 Founded the New York Library Club, the first of many similar local clubs
• 1886 Founded the Spelling Reform Association
• 1890 Elected President of ALA. Elected again in 1892
• 1897 Served as the official delegate of the US Government to the
   International Library Conference in London