Describes an academic library's internship program for recent library school minority graduates which is designed to improve the employability of minority librarians in academic libraries, provide role models for current undergraduates, create a more heterogenous group of employees, and provide librarians an opportunity to be involved in training…

National samples of the general public (n=1,001) and community opinion leaders (n=300) were asked to evaluate the importance to their communities of 10 different roles of the public library. Respondents evaluated each role in terms of its importance to their communities. Survey results indicate that the public library's roles to support the…