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==History of the Cutter classification==

Charles Ammi Cutter (1837&ndash;1903), inspired by the decimal classification of his contemporary [[Melvil Dewey]], developed his own classification scheme for the collections of the [[Boston Athenaeum]], at which he served as librarian for two dozentwenty-four years. He began work on it about 1880, publishing an overview of the new system in 1882. The same classification would later be used, but with a different notation, also devised by Cutter, at the Cary Library in Lexington<ref>Cutter, C. A. [http://books.google.com/books?id=L10oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Expansive Classification: Part I: The First Six Classifications'']. Boston, C. A. Cutter. 1891–93, p. 1.</ref>.

Cutter received many requests from librarians at small libraries who wanted the classification adapted to their needs<ref>Cutter, C. A. [http://books.google.com/books?id=L10oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Expansive Classification: Part I: The First Six Classifications'']. Boston, C. A. Cutter. 1891–93, p. 1.</ref>. He devised the Expansive Classification in response, to meet the needs of growing libraries<ref>Cutter, C. A. [http://books.google.com/books?id=L10oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA23 ''Expansive Classification: Part I: The First Six Classifications'']. Boston, C. A. Cutter. 1891–93, p. 23.</ref>.