Affiliations: [a] College of Information Studies, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, USA | [b] Ina Dillard Russell Library, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, Georgia, USA
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Corresponding author: Ana Ndumu, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD 20742, USA. E-mail: andumu@umd.edu.
Abstract: This perspective essay explores Gasman & Arroyo’s (2014) HBCU-inspired framework for Black student success as a prism for re-envisioning LIS education. In response to calls for anti-hegemonic LIS education, the authors discuss a potential tool for Black student success and suggest its benefits to LIS education. The framework can introduce non-white, anti-racist educational practices to the work of educating the U.S. library workforce; it is relevant in light of ongoing racial and political strife in U.S. society.
Keywords: LIS education, historically Black colleges and universities, epistemology, racial equality, cultural competence
