Daniel N. Joudrey, PhD

Assistant Professor
Office: GSLIS P-205B, 1 Palace Road
Mailing Address: Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, GSLIS P-205B, Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617.521.2863
E-mail: joudrey@simmons.edu

Research Interests

• Evaluating the conceptual analysis stage of the subject analysis process, particularly from the standpoint of the human experience.

• Trends in graduate education for bibliographic control.

• The need for a structured framework for subject analysis.

• The importance of controlled vocabularies in retrieval tools.

• LCSH errors and difficulties in application.

• Image tagging: the nature of categories, especially as applied to the tagging and sorting of still and moving images.

• The evaluation of documentary languages using discipline-specific criteria.

• The application of classification theory to the subject analysis process.

Current Research Projects and Writings:

• Image tagging and sorting conventions with Dr. Rong Tang.

• LCSH errors and difficulties in application.

• Aboutness determination models