LFI Course Materials 2020
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Contents
- 1 Library Freedom Institute
- 1.1 General course information and resources
- 1.2 Schedule and curriculum
- 1.2.1 Schedule overview
- 1.2.2 Weekly curriculum
- 1.2.2.1 Week 1: Introduction
- 1.2.2.2 Week 2: Foundational reading
- 1.2.2.3 Week 3: Threat modeling and privacy basics
- 1.2.2.4 Week 4: Privacy rights// LFI weekend!
- 1.2.2.5 Week 5: No lecture this week
- 1.2.2.6 Week 6: Vendor agreements and privacy policies
- 1.2.2.7 Week 7: Public computer environments
- 1.2.2.8 Week 8: The lifecycle of your library's data
- 1.2.2.9 Week 9: ICE surveillance
- 1.2.2.10 [Week 10: Police surveillance]
- 1.2.2.11 [Week 11: Facial recognition]
- 1.2.2.12 [Week 12: Rise of consumer surveillance tech]
- 1.2.2.13 [Week 13: Google/Facebook/Amazon]
- 1.2.2.14 [Week 14: Data brokers/doxxing]
- 1.2.2.15 [Week 15: Making things happen 2/youth services/final project work]
- 1.2.2.16 [Week 16: Final project presentations/savasava film and interview: https://www.screeningsurveillance.com/]
Library Freedom Institute
Library Freedom Institute (LFI) is a privacy-focused four-month program for librarians to teach them the skills necessary to thrive as Privacy Advocates; from educating community members, to installing privacy software, to influencing public policy.
General course information and resources
- Lecture video links
- Code of Conduct
- LFI message board: Most LFI discussion happens here. Anyone can read public posts on the board, but only LFI cohort members can post.
- LFI Github: We'll use this Github repo occasionally when we need to host large size documents.
- Riseup mailing list: a private list that cohort members get subscribed to when LFI begins.
- Zoom video conference room: a private Zoom room that cohort members get the address to when LFI begins.
- LFI/LFP logos, slide templates, and some other resources
Schedule and curriculum
Schedule overview
| Week | Dates | Real time lecture | Topic | Lecturer |
| 1 | March 9 - 15 | March 9, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | Introduction to LFI | Alison |
| 2 | March 16 -22 | March 16, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | Threat modeling and privacy basics | Alison |
| 3 | March 23 - 29 | March 23, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | More privacy basics/tools | Alison |
| 4 | March 30 - April 5 | March 30, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | Privacy rights (Monday lecture) | LFI weekend! / Abi - confirmed |
| 5 | April 6 - 12 | No lecture | No lecture this week | No lecture |
| 6 | April 13 - 19 | April 13, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | Vendor agreements and privacy policies | Erin - confirmed |
| 7 | April 20 - 26 | April 20, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | Public computer environments | Chuck? |
| 8 | April 27 - May 3 | April 27, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | The lifecycle of your library's data | Becky? |
| 9 | May 4 - 10 | May 4, 12 Pacific/ 2 Eastern | ICE surveillance | ?? |
| 10 | May 11 - 17 | May 11, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | Police surveillance | Myaisha? |
| 11 | May 18 - 24 | May 18, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | Facial recognition/AI | Varoon? |
| 12 | May 25 - 31 | May 25, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | Rise of consumer surveillance tech | Chris Gilliard? |
| 13 | June 1 - 7 | June 1, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | Google/Facebook power | Siva? |
| 14 | June 8 - 14 | June 8, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | Data brokers/doxxing | |
| 15 | June 15 - 21 | June 15, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | Making things happen /youth services/final project work | |
| 16 | June 22 - 28 | June 22, 12 Pacific/2 Eastern | Final project presentations/savasava film and interview |
