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
Courses Taught at Simmons
LIS 415: Information Organization
The phenomena, activities, and issues surrounding the organization of information in service of users and user communities. Topics include resource types and formats, information service institutions, markup, descriptive metadata, content standards, subject analysis and classification, and the information life cycle. The course introduces the fundamentals of bibliographic control including organizing information in various environments, retrieval tools, systems and system design, encoding including the MARC format, metadata basics, FRBR, descriptive metadata approaches including traditional cataloging with ISBD and AACR2, access points, authority control, subject analysis, controlled vocabulary, classification, and arrangement.
LIS 416: Introduction to Cataloging and Classification
This course covers the principles and practices of bibliographic description, subject cataloging, and classification. It covers basic descriptive cataloging of books, including: the elements of bibliographic description; the choice of descriptive detail; authority control; the choice and form of access points; and the application of MARC21. It covers basic subject cataloging and classification processes, including the application of subject headings to information resources and the creation of call numbers in Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classifications. May include readings, discussions, presentations, exams, exercises, and individual or group projects. Prerequisites: LIS 415.
LIS 417: Advanced Subject Cataloging and Classification
This course addresses the theories, principles, and practices of subject cataloging and classification. It covers the application of national standards to the creation of bibliographic records and to the construction of catalogs in libraries and other information environments. It teaches the fundamental concepts of subject cataloging including: understanding the various approaches to and pitfalls in determining aboutness; vocabulary control; the theoretical foundations, structure, and the application of LCSH in subject cataloging; classification theory; and the application of the major classification schemes (DDC and LCC). The course also includes examinations of authority control for subject headings, the MARC format for classification data, and other major subject access systems from around the world, including UDC, Colon, Bliss, Expansive classification, PRECIS, FAST, TGM, AAT, MeSH, Sears, etc. May include readings, discussions, presentations, exams, and written exercises.
LIS 494: Advanced Descriptive Cataloging
This course addresses the theories, principles, and practices of bibliographic description. It covers the application of national standards to the creation of bibliographic records and to the construction of catalogs in libraries and other information environments. It teaches the fundamental concepts of descriptive cataloging including: the elements of bibliographic description, the choice of descriptive detail, the description of print and non-print resources, the choice of primary and secondary access points, the creation of personal, corporate, and geographic name headings as well as uniform and series titles, the principles and practices of authority work, and the application of the MARC21 and other encoding standards. The course also includes examinations of other major approaches to descriptive metadata and current trends in descriptive cataloging and metadata. May include readings, discussions, presentations, exams, and written exercises.