2008 Woodie Awards
Hip-hop in the 'brary
Some say hip-hop is dead, Librarian Kim Morrison disagrees
Shanae McLorin
Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: News
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The class is a late start class, worth one credit, and is also transferable. Morrison has rejuvenated the course, bringing it back from near extinction, leaving students on a waiting list due to the course's popular demand.
By the time students graduate from lower division colleges such as, Chabot, there are a number of research skills that a student is supposed to have by the time they enter an upper division college.
Students should be able to use signage, maps and user guides to locate library collections and services, identify relevant keywords and controlled vocabulary terms for searching a topic and use database features to mark/save/print/email citations and link to full-text just to name a few.
Morrison has realized that statistically a number of students leave Chabot college as well as other colleges without the skills that they need. This course allows students to utilized the research tools that are available to them as well as being able to cite the information and relate it to writing a good research paper.
" I think it helps myself and other students not to only be aware of things we are normally not exposed to and to utilized the research materials that also may not be exposed to through hip-hop," said 24 year-old Sam Eakle.
"Kim is really into the hip-hop culture and she is able to facilitate her knowledge through hip-hop and the culmination of her knowledge of hip-hop, and her knowledge of research makes it a cool combination.
In this course, students choose a topic that has to do with hip-hop, rap or popular culture such as, the use of turn tables as a form of art and are taught how to decifer information, know which website's are creditable sources or not and much more.
"I enjoy the class … I am interested in hip-hop and this being my first class in a long time, I figured I would take a library research class and with a theme of hip-hop, I figured it would get my blood pumping.
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Sam
posted 5/03/07 @ 2:45 PM PST
I am so happy that a class is doing this! It is clear to see that not all kids learn the same way, and now because of this class students are learning skills they never knew. (Continued…)
sean sac_red1 chapin
posted 6/12/07 @ 1:15 PM PST
ah yeah kim is the rawest element to our new foundation for hayward hip hop collective, its beautifull to see her presenting herself and caring about the
youth and knowledge of what is going on in our commnunities and culture. (Continued…)
sade
posted 6/20/07 @ 12:24 PM PST
yeah i agree wut kim as well...hhiphop is wut rap and r&b is revolved around if it was dead then i dont think we would have those things. she can say what sh ewants and so can i
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