DDC Introduction: From West to EastThis article examines how the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system has been adapted and translated in Western and non-Western countries and the problems that emerged during this process. In this article we will first look at what the DDC is, including looking at its history and in particular how Mr. Custer helped the DDC become an international classification system. We will then focus on the issues that arise during the process of adapting and translating SDC from one culture to another. Before the conclusion, there will be a literature review that will examine how Western and non-Western countries are adapting to SDC. The Dewey Decimal Classification System is an organization system used to organize informational materials in libraries so that those materials are easier to find. In this world of computers and the Internet, it is normally very easy to get information at the touch of a button. This was not always the case. Because in an era before computers, a person had to look through a physical object like a book or atlas to find the information they were looking for. This can be a problem when someone is looking for specific information that is found in only a small number of books in a library of thousands. DDC was created to solve this problem by allowing a person to search for a topic which will then lead them to documents containing the information they are looking for. Mitchell and Vizine-Goetz (2009) mention that the basic design of DDC DDC organizes information into 10 primary classes and these classes are separated into 10 divisions which are themselves separated into 10 individual sections. This organization of courses can be...... middle of article ......of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition (pp. 1507-1517). Taylor and Francois. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1081/E-ELIS3-120043240 New, GR (1998). Custer and Dewey's modernization. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 25(2-3), 133-149. doi:10.1300/J104v25n02_10Olson, H.A. (2001). Identity and difference: a cultural foundation of classification. Library Resources and Technical Services, 45(3), 115-122.Satija, M. P. ., [email protected]. (2013). Memoirs on the 19th (1979) to 23rd (2011) edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 33(4), 277-288.Sulistyo-Basuki, L. and Mulyani, A.S. (2008). Efforts of Indonesian Librarians to Adapt and Revise Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) Notation 297 on Islam. Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, 13(2), 89–101.