Daniel Joudrey

Daniel Joudrey, an expert in organizing information, joined the Simmons faculty in 2005 and teaches information organization and cataloging courses. Prior to coming to Simmons, Joudrey was a teaching fellow and research assistant at the University of Pittsburgh for Dr. Arlene G. Taylor, a well-known cataloging authority. Joudrey was also a metadata policy intern at the Library of Congress. Before that, he worked for an international non-profit social services organization.

He is the author for the newly revised and expanded 5th edition of The Organization of Information, and the lead author of the 11th edition of Introduction to Cataloging and Classification. Joudrey writes on education for cataloging and metadata, subject access, and other cataloging topics. He is a member of the American Library Association and the Dewey Decimal Editorial Policy Committee.

Education

• PhD, University of Pittsburgh
• MLIS, University of Pittsburgh
• BA, George Washington University

Courses

• LIS 415 Information Organization
• LIS 416 Descriptive Cataloging
• LIS 417 Subject Cataloging and Classification

Areas of Expertise

• Information organization
• Aboutness
• Cataloging
• Metadata
• Vocabulary Control
• Classification
• Graduate education for information organization, cataloging, and metadata
• Library of Congress Subject Headings
• LC Classification
• Dewey Decimal Classification

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

American Library Association

Research/Special Projects

Beginning work on the 12th edition of Introduction to Cataloging and Classification

Publications

Joudrey, Daniel N. The Organization of Information, 5th edition, with the assistance of
Emily Baldoni. New York, NY: Bloomsbury-Libraries Unlimited, 2025.

Baldoni, Emily, and Daniel N. Joudrey. “Cataloging.” In The Encyclopedia of Libraries,
Librarianship, and Information Science, edited by David Baker and Lucy Ellis.
Cambridge, MA: Elsevier, 2024.

Holley, Ralph M., and Daniel N. Joudrey. “Aboutness and Conceptual Analysis: A
Review.” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 59, no. 2–3 (2021): 159–185.

Joudrey, Daniel N., and Arlene G. Taylor. The Organization of Information, 4th edition,
with the assistance of Katherine M. Wisser. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited,
2018.

Joudrey, Daniel N., Arlene G. Taylor, and David P. Miller. Introduction to Cataloging
and Classification, 11th edition. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2015.