id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
crln-7299	Kranich, Nancy; Reid, Michele; Willingham, Taylor	Civic engagement in academic libraries: Encouraging active citizenship	2004	5	.pdf	application/pdf	2699	113	38	Involvement by community members, nonprofit organizations, businesses, school and public libraries, local government, and schools can result in welcome occasions for citizens to join a local college in promoting civic engagement. As President of ALA in 2000–2001, Nancy Kranich launched a program to expand in­ volvement by training librarians to organize, convene, and moderate forums and partner with other community groups to promote civic engagement and community building.12 For academic libraries, the NIF approach can enhance a library’s teaching, programming, and networking in and beyond the college community.	cache/crln-7299.pdf	txt/crln-7299.txt