Emphasizing the enormous changes wrought by technology, this essential text offers a solid, broadly based view of library public service and its functions. Chapters are arranged by type of service-reference services and sources, bibliographic instruction, interlibrary loan, circulation, reserve services, special collections, serials, media services, government documents, and security issues.
G. EDWARD EVANS, renowned Fulbright scholar and sought-after international consultant, is University Librarian and Adjunct Professor at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California.
ANTHONY J. AMODEO is Associate Reference Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction at the same institution.
THOMAS L. CARTER is Dean for Academic Resources at St. Mary's College of California.