Project RUSL

Picture dump from Project RUSL Showcase. Here's to everyone who helped make this event a SUCCESS! Stay tuned for restored school libraries in these partner districts! With thanks, Dr. Kafi Kumasi, Project RUSL Director

On 4/20/22, Project RUSL fellows visited Detroit School of Arts school library media center, administered by Karen Lemmons, WSU-SIS distinguished alum. Karen has dedicated decades of her career to providing library service to students and staff in Detroit Public Schools. Great librarian tips and tricks were shared along with absorbing the aesthetic gems in this beautiful library space. Thanks Karen for being a lovely and gracious host!

As a head's up, VTDITC: Hip Hop Studies at Virginia Tech's 36th seminar series event is happening this Thursday (4/21) from 7 to 9pm in our lab (True School Studios - 103 Media Building).

Our 5th Annual Beat Battle & Music Production Workshop will feature guest scholar Dr. J. Rawls (Ohio University's Patton College of Education and legendary producer/DJ/MC) as well as 13 of the region's best Hip Hop music producers.

What even is a beat battle? Check out this highlight video from a few years back.

Can't make it to True School Studios? Don't trip, we plan to stream the event via Zoom and our page too.

Many thanks to our sponsors Sweetwater and MPCStuff for supplying 1st & 2nd place prizes again this year!

Craig E. Arthur (he/him)
Head, Community Engagement | Liaison to Sociology, VT Engage, & SOAR
Program Chair, VTDITC: Hip Hop Studies at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech University Libraries
560 Drillfield Drive, Newman Library 317 (office)
True School Studios, Media Building 103 (lab)
Blacksburg, VA 24061 | [email protected]

Our Project RUSL fellows attended their first state school librarians’ conference, aka MAME in Kalamazoo Oct 13-15. We shared the hip hop ethos undergirding the training the fellows are receiving which is grounded in Dr. Kafi Kumasi’s InFLOmation model for supporting youth’s culturally specific information behaviors in the library. Dr. Kumasi also received MAME’s President Award for Excellence. Kafi Damali KumasiDeMaciiio