Research

Publications

Moulaison-Sandy, H., Dobreski, B., & Snow, K. (2025). How do LGBTQ+ library catalog users talk about subject searching? Journal of Documentation, 81(3), 581-597. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2024-0257

Moulaison-Sandy, H., Snow, K., & Dobreski, B. (2024). Social dimensions of culture, code-switching, and controlled vocabularies. Knowledge Organization, 51(7), 466-477. https://doi.org/10.5771/0943-7444-2024-7-466

Snow, K., Moulaison-Sandy, H., & Dobreski, B. (2023). LGBTQ+ catalog users: A brief survey. [Full paper]. In Proceedings of the American Symposium on Knowledge Organization, June 15-16, online, hosted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_infosciepubs/473

Moulaison-Sandy, H., Pham, N.-M., Snow, K., & Dobreski, B. (2023). Terminology preferences of the LGBTQ+ community: A user study [short paper]. In I. Sserwanga et al., Conference 2023. Barcelona, Spain and virtual. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 13972, 180-188. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28032-0_15

Dobreski, B., Snow., K., & Moulaison-Sandy, H. (2022). On overlap and otherness: A comparison of three vocabularies’ approaches to LGBTQ+ identity. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 60(6-7), 490-513. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2022.2090040

Presentations

Snow, K., & Fischer, R. (2025, October 14). Inclusive by design: Centering LGBTQ+ perspectives in library catalog research. Illinois Library Association Annual Conference, Rosemont, IL. 

Moulaison-Sandy, H., Snow, K., & Dobreski, B. (withdrawn). Inclusivity in United States Libraries: Local, national and international considerations for KO. ISKO France, October 2025, Metz, France.

Snow, K., & Moulaison-Sandy, H. (2025, June 28). Enhancing library metadata for LGBTQ+ users: A user-centric approach. American Library Association Annual Meeting, 2025. Philadelphia.

Dobreski, B., & Snow, K. (2025, January 9). Centering LGBTQ+ Voices in Catalog Research. DublinCore Webinar, via ASIST. https://www.dublincore.org/webinars/2024/lgbtq-voices-catalog/

Dobreski, B. (2024, April 5). “Bringing User Voices into Catalog Research.” Keynote, New England Technical Services Librarians Conference, online, April 5. https://youtu.be/N4OlE3dAJWI?si=qJwjNYXAAzBy0bFW&t=599

Moulaison-Sandy, H., Snow, K., & Dobreski, B. (2023, October). Social dimensions of culture, code-switching, and controlled vocabularies. In Épistémologie sociale dans l’organisation des connaissances, ISKO France, October 19-20, Lyon, France.

Moulaison-Sandy, H. (2023, June 24). Challenges to inclusive catalog use [panel]. In OCLC Transforming Metadata. American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. https://youtu.be/UfOkAQjYlTw?t=1399

Dobreski, B., Moulaison-Sandy, H., & Snow, K. (2023, March 10). LGBTQ+ identities, language, and the library. Cataloging Norms Interest Group. Core.