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=== Month 1: Introduction ===
* Real time lecture: TBD Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/9129428892

* Welcome everyone! We’re so thrilled to be starting Library Freedom Institute with such an excellent cohort! This month, we’ll be getting acquainted with the course, including curriculum, technology, goals, and each other.

==== Course overview ====
===== Course themes =====
UPDATE
* Surveillance capitalism: politics, ideology, and money behind technologies
* Privacy and intellectual freedom with a justice-based approach, not just a rights-based approach
* Privacy strategies and tools with a harm reduction lens
* Individual vs collective action

===== LFP background =====
* Tess intro
* Alison intro
* Brief LFP history
* How LFI came about
* What to expect

===== Syllabus and weekly layout =====
* Undergo intensive training (3.5 months, 1-2 hours/week)
* Weekly commitments: lecture, discussion, readings, tasks, small group work
* Weekly meetings are a mix of lecture and discussion, so please be ready to participate each week!
* In-person weekend date TBD
* Tasks and discussions are things you’re expected to complete every month. There aren’t other assignments except for the final projects you’ll present either alone or with your small group. We’ll check in halfway through about the status of those projects, and when that happens you can share drafts or just outlines or thoughts.
* Let us know if you need to be absent from one of the real-time lectures for any reason.
* Review [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_Course_Materials/Code_of_Conduct code of conduct].

===== Class technology =====
* Discord channel for discussion (LFI participants will be given a link)
* Zoom video/audio chat/recordings (Zoom meeting ID 912-942-8892)
* Riseup mailing list: library-freedom-institute@lists.riseup.net
* Wiki: libraryfreedom.wiki (register an account)
* Vimeo archive of lectures: https://vimeo.com/libraryfreedominstitute
Please note that all class technology (with the exception of Discord) is publicly accessible! That means that the mailing list archives and wiki can all be viewed by others. We’ve set it up this way so that the materials we create can easily be shared.

===== Outcomes for this cohort =====
UPDATE
* Learn to use privacy software that can be installed on patron machines or library workstations.
* Teach your own train-the-trainer workshops to other librarians in your region.
* Approach members of your community regarding privacy concerns and teach privacy-related community workshops.
* Use your new role as a Privacy Advocate to influence policy and infrastructure.
* Encourage community engagement with privacy policy issues.
* Work with your small group to develop a privacy plan that can be implemented in your library or others.

===== Final projects =====
UPDATE
The final project will be a comprehensive privacy plan for a library. Every group will work together on components of the final project. This final project should choose from and expand on the following components:
* A library privacy policy and/or example vendor agreement
* A privacy class
* A privacy program that isn't a class
* A display about privacy
* A flyer or poster about a privacy concept
* A staff training
* Something focused on privacy work outside of the library walls, like a letter to a legislator
* Other ideas that the group wishes to add can be submitted when the group submits their roles, or can be added later

Your final project should be practically-focused and should reflect your own interests! You can see examples of previous final projects on the [https://libraryfreedom.org/index.php/resources/ LFP website].

===== Small groups for final projects (TBD) =====
* Small group work proved to be really difficult in the third cohort because of the pandemic. Let's discuss how we want to organize our final projects, whether small groups might work for some of us and some other method might work for the rest.

=== This week only! ===
===== Readings =====
* [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/130cO0UjBaYo_RSPCDQ3_I75VxIwZ--ys?usp=drive_link/ The Surveillant Assemblage, Kevin D. Haggerty and Richard V. Ericson (2000)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ7HdVR8eYY/ Exposing America's Surveillance State by Byron Tau (2024)]
* [https://thebaffler.com/latest/capitalisms-new-clothes-morozov/ Capitalism's New Clothes by Evgeny Morozov (2019)]
* [https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59/ How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism by Cory Doctorow (2020)]
* [https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-book-review/ None of Your Business by Katie Fitzpatrick (2019)]

===== Guest lecturer =====
No guest this month; Tess will lead the lecture

===== Recording =====
* [https://vimeo.com/949319440?share=copy LFI 2024 Month 1 Recording]

===== Discussion =====
* What do you think your focus or final project might be? (Note: You don't have to know precisely at this point!)

===== Tasks =====
* Lecture, readings and discussion forum on Discord
* Read through materials on libraryfreedom.wiki
* Start readings for Week 2

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 * Real time lecture Wednesday May 7th, from 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern
 * Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9129428892
 * Welcome everyone! We’re so thrilled to be starting Library Freedom Institute with such an excellent cohort! This week, we’ll be getting acquainted with the course, including curriculum, technology, goals, and each other.

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 * Use your new role as a Privacy Advocate to influence policy and infrastructure.
-===== Final projects (optional) =====
+===== Final presentations =====
-Some LFI participants find it useful to create a final project. We've made this optional because everyone has competing demands on their time. We'll discuss ideas for this during our first week and in subsequent weeks, and anyone who desires to work on a final project can do so on their own or in a group. We'll make time during the Philly weekend for presentations. Here are some ideas for final projects that others have worked on in the past:
+While we're in Philly together, everyone will have the opportunity to talk about what they've learned and what they want to take from LFI. Lots of people use this time to talk about what they want to implement in their libraries. You can do this solo, or we can help you form a small group of others who are thinking along the same lines. Here are some examples of what people opt to do after LFI (but you should do what you want).
 * A privacy class for a specific audience

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 ==== Course overview ====
 ===== Syllabus and weekly layout =====
 * This course is 15 weeks with 2 hours each week of real-time discussion. There are a few off weeks built into the schedule to accommodate holidays.
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 * Vimeo archive of lectures: https://vimeo.com/libraryfreedominstitute
 Please note that all class technology (with the exception of Discord) is publicly accessible! That means that the mailing list archives and wiki can all be viewed by others. We’ve set it up this way so that the materials we create can easily be shared.
 ===== Final presentations =====

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 * Privacy and intellectual freedom in an environment of increasing repression
 * Privacy strategies and tools with a harm reduction lens
-* Individual vs collective action
+* Individual and collective action for speech and privacy
 * Building power in and through libraries
 ===== Syllabus and weekly layout =====
-* Undergo intensive training (3.5 months, 1-2 hours/week)
+* This course is 15 weeks with 2 hours each week of real-time discussion. There are a few off weeks built into the schedule to accommodate holidays.
-* Weekly commitments: lecture, discussion, readings, tasks, small group work
+* Weekly commitments: weekly real-time discussion, Discord conversations, readings
 * Weekly meetings are a mix of lecture and discussion, so please be ready to participate each week!
-* In-person weekend July 25-27 in Philly
+* In-person weekend July 25-27 in Philly (agenda to come)
-* Tasks are things you’re expected to complete every week. There aren’t other assignments except for the final projects you’ll present either alone or with your small group. We’ll check in halfway through about the status of those projects, and when that happens you can share drafts or just outlines or thoughts.
+* There aren’t other assignments except for the optional final project, which you'd present about in Philly. We’ll check in halfway through about the status of those projects, and when that happens you can share drafts or just outlines or thoughts.
 * Let us know if you need to be absent from one of the real-time lectures for any reason.
 * Review [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_Course_Materials/Code_of_Conduct code of conduct].
 ===== Class technology =====
-* Discord channel for discussion (LFI participants will be given a link)
+* Discord channel for discussion
 * Zoom video/audio chat/recordings (Zoom meeting ID 912-942-8892)
-* Riseup mailing list: lfi-2025@lists.riseup.net
+* Riseup mailing list for general updates and weekly course materials share: lfi-2025@lists.riseup.net
 * Wiki: libraryfreedom.wiki (course materials)
 * Vimeo archive of lectures: https://vimeo.com/libraryfreedominstitute
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 ===== Outcomes for this cohort =====
-UPDATE
+* Promote stronger privacy and intellectual freedom within your library, or among other library workers or community members.
 * Learn to use privacy software that can be installed on patron machines or library workstations.
-* Teach your own train-the-trainer workshops to other librarians in your region.
+* Approach members of your community regarding privacy concerns and teach privacy-related community workshops, and encourage community engagement with these issues.
 * Use your new role as a Privacy Advocate to influence policy and infrastructure.
 ===== Final projects (optional) =====
-UPDATE
+Some LFI participants find it useful to create a final project. We've made this optional because everyone has competing demands on their time. We'll discuss ideas for this during our first week and in subsequent weeks, and anyone who desires to work on a final project can do so on their own or in a group. We'll make time during the Philly weekend for presentations. Here are some ideas for final projects that others have worked on in the past:
-Every group will work together on components of the final project. This final project should choose from and expand on the following components:
-* A library privacy policy and/or example vendor agreement
+* A privacy class for a specific audience
 * A privacy program that isn't a class
-* A display about privacy
+* A display about privacy or intellectual freedom
 * A flyer or poster about a privacy concept
-* A staff training
+* A staff training on privacy or intellectual freedom
 * Something focused on privacy work outside of the library walls, like a letter to a legislator
 ===== Readings =====
 ===== Guest lecturer =====
-No guest this month; Alison will lead the lecture
+No guest this week; Alison will lead the lecture
 ===== Tasks =====
-* Lecture, readings and discussion forum on Discord
+No tasks for week 1

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 ===== Course themes =====
 * Surveillance and capitalism: politics, ideology, and money behind technologies
-* Privacy and intellectual freedom with a justice-based approach, not just a rights-based approach
+* Privacy and intellectual freedom in an environment of increasing repression
 * Privacy strategies and tools with a harm reduction lens
 * Individual vs collective action
 ===== LFP background =====