Greetings Colleagues, I trust you're well. Today I'm celebrating Hip Hop and its roots in African-American and West African music. The path that led to the birth of hip-hop zigzags back and forth and may have begun with slaves who were transported from West African<http://maps.howstuffworks.com/maps-of-western-africa.htm> countries to North and South America<http://maps.howstuffworks.com/maps-of-south-america.htm> bringing their various oral and musical traditions. Since its evolution, hip hop culture has spread to both urban and suburban<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburban> communities throughout the world. Free Webinar: Rhythm 'n Instruction - Hip Hop Information Literacy - Thursday, March 3, 2:00 ET Description: Hip Hop and Information Literacy came together through the collaboration between the Inman E. Page Library Information Literacy Coordinator and a newly hired English Professor who was working on his dissertation: Hip Hop and Misogyny. We removed Misogyny and added Information Literacy. Hip Hop Information Literacy is comprised of a group of knowledge practices that are necessary for students in an academic setting to be cognizant of how to locate, retrieve, evaluate, apply, and acknowledge information. Hip Hop art forms are used to introduce Information Literacy skills to students. The primary methods of instruction for the course are lecture, course readings, presentations and in-class discussion relevant to course readings. The Inman E. Page recognizes the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education as its core concepts for literacy and research. Learning Outcomes: At the end of the session, participants will have knowledge of how to incorporate Hip Hop into their Information Literacy curriculum. This includes strategies to enhance communication between faculty and Generation X students. The webinar is open to library staff with an interest in Information Literacy. Instructor: Dr. Rinalda Farrar is the Director of Library Services and Assistant Professor at Lincoln University in Missouri. Prior to this assignment, she served as the Coordinator of the Information Commons. Dr. Farrar also serves as the Library Science Department Head, and in this position, is responsible for the library science faculty who teach courses in the Library and Information Science minor. Prior to becoming part of the Lincoln University family, she was on active duty in the U.S. Navy and eventually became an educator in the public school system. Registration: Paste this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D8MZVH9 into your address bar and register no later than Monday, February 29th. Log-in instructions will get forwarded on Tuesday, March 1st. Stay tuned! Sandra SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-592-4820 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.