Historical Black College Student Reflection

When I first arrived at Lincoln University Missouri, Historical Black College University, in my first year as an Academic Librarian and Assistant Professor I immediately realized during the first semester of teaching that students were not receptive to information literacy and the curriculum that was in place. I decided to observe the culture more in depth. I also began surveying students verbally about participating in a Hip Hop course offered in the library. I knew that there was a place for my idea to remix the curriculum that we had in place. It was now time to to the drawing board.

The verbal assessment was interesting: Many students had no clue about what information literacy meant to their academic career and never had been exposed