LFI Course Materials 2020

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Library Freedom Institute[edit]

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[edit]

Schedule and curriculum[edit]

Schedule overview[edit]
Week Dates Real time lecture Topic Lecturer
1 March 9 - 15 March 9, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Introduction to LFI Alison
2 March 16 -22 March 16, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Foundational reading Alison
3 March 23 - 29 March 23, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Threat modeling and privacy basics Alison
4 March 30 - April 5 March 30, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Privacy rights Abi Hassen, Black Movement Law Project
- April 4 - 5 Select weekend times, see link On Zoom Many speakers
5 April 6 - 12 April 6, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Privacy and online learning/work environments Lindsay Oliver, EFF
6 April 13 - 19 April 13, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Surveillance and public health April Glaser, NBC News
7 April 20 - 26 April 20, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Workplace surveillance Janus Rose, Motherboard
8 April 27 - May 3 April 27, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern New surveillance infrastructures Jasmine McNealy, tech and media scholar
9 May 4 - 10 May 4, 11 Pacific/ 2 Eastern Working with library IT to protect privacy Becky Yoose, LDH Consulting
10 May 11 - 17 May 11, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Surveillance and the carceral state Myaisha Hayes, Media Justice
11 May 18 - 24 May 18, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern The social implications of artificial intelligence Varoon Mathur, AI Now Institute
12 May 25 - 31 May 25, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Rise of consumer surveillance tech Dr. Chris Gilliard, hypervisible.net
13 June 1 - 7 June 1, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Privacy tools for organizing in these times Alison
14 June 8 - 14 June 8, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Privacy tools part two -- anti-doxxing, Tor Browser Alison
15 June 15 - 21 June 15, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Communicating about privacy TBD
16 June 22 - 28 June 22, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern TBD TBD
Weekly curriculum[edit]
Week 1: Introduction[edit]
Week 2: Foundational reading[edit]
Week 3: Threat modeling and privacy basics[edit]
Week 4: Privacy rights[edit]
LFI weekend! (now remote on Zoom, see link)[edit]
Week 5: Privacy for online work/learning/social environments[edit]
Week 6: Surveillance and public health[edit]
Week 7: Workplace surveillance[edit]
Week 8: New surveillance infrastructures[edit]
Week 9: Working with library IT to protect privacy[edit]
Week 10: Surveillance and the carceral state[edit]
Week 11: The social implications of artificial intelligence[edit]
Week 12: Rise of consumer surveillance tech[edit]
Week 13: Privacy tools for organizing in these times (and maybe data brokers/doxxing)[edit]
Week 14: Privacy tools part two: anti-doxxing[edit]
Week 15: Communicating about privacy to stakeholders[edit]
Week 16: Last week! Tor and final reflections[edit]