Assistant Professor

610 IS Building
412-624-9331

plawton@sis.pitt.edu

Institution of highest degree:
PhD. University of Wisconsin—Madison

Research Interests:
Digital libraries; Utility and transformation of cataloging tools in the digital world; Digital rights management; Changes in information work processes; Online pedagogy.

Recent Publications:

Lawton, Pat. Forthcoming 2007. Catalogers in the Metadata World and the Future of Cataloging. Invited paper for a special issue of Cataloging and Classification Quarterly.

Lawton, Pat and Rae-Ann Montague 2004. Teaching and Learning Online: LEEP's Tribal Gleanings. Chapter in Learning, Culture and Community: Multiple Perspectives and Practices in Online Education: Research and Practice. Ed. by Caroline Haythornthwaite and Michelle M. Kazmer. New York: Peter Lang.

Lawton, Pat and Deborah Rose-Lefmann 2004. What is Technical Services?: Perspectives from the Field and from LIS Education. Chapter in Innovative Redesign and Reorganization of Library Technical Services: Case Studies and Paths for the Future. Ed. by Brad Eden. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.