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.
• The evaluation of documentary languages using discipline-specific criteria.
• The application of classification theory to the subject analysis process.

Current Research Projects and Writings:

• The role LCSH in keyword searching.
• 11th edition of The Introduction to Cataloging and Classification
• Aboutness determination models in a book based on my dissertation
• 3rd segment of my longitudinal cataloging education study