World Report: January 23, 2004 Vol.9 Iss.14

Mystery Person

Clue 1: I was a librarian who was born in Adams Center, New York, in 1851. I was a founder of the American Library Association.

Clue 2: In 1876, I came up with a new way to arrange library books.

Clue 3: This decimal system was adopted by many English-speaking countries and is still used today.

Who am I?