Melvil _, US librarian who founded a system of decimal classification (5)
I believe the answer is:
dewey
(Other definitions for dewey that I've seen before include "Decimal cataloguing system used by libraries" , "Library system inventor" , "Decimal system, for cataloguing books" .)
I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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