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crln-7988	Carpenter, Cathy	Celebrating Constitution Day: An opportunity to expand our role and increase our value to the campus and to the community	2008-05-01	4	.pdf	application/pdf	2094	110	51	Nancy Kranich, past ALA president and a major proponent of encouraging academic libraries to become involved with civic literacy and engagement initiatives, has written extensively on the topic.5 Academic libraries could collaborate with public libraries to host an exhibit that explores democracy, freedom of speech, or civil rights that would be of interest to the campus and the community. The idea of celebrating Constitution Day on September 17 has been around for a while, but it did not become a requirement until 2005.1 I believe Constitution Day presents the perfect opportunity for academic libraries to expand our civic role and increase our value to the campus and to the community.	cache/crln-7988.pdf	txt/crln-7988.txt