LFI 2026
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Contents
- 1 Library Freedom Institute
- 2 What to expect/what is expected of you
- 3 Schedule and curriculum
- 3.1 Schedule overview
- 3.2 Weekly curriculum
- 3.2.1 Week 1
- 3.2.2 Week 2
- 3.2.3 Week 3
- 3.2.4 Week 4 link TBD
- 3.2.5 Week 5 link TBD
- 3.2.6 Week 6 link TBD
- 3.2.7 Week 7 link TBD
- 3.2.8 Week 8 link TBD
- 3.2.9 Week 9 link TBD
- 3.2.10 Week 10 link TBD
- 3.2.11 Week 11 link TBD
- 3.2.12 Week 12 link TBD
- 3.2.13 Week 13 link TBD
- 3.2.14 Week 14 link TBD
- 3.2.15 Week 15 link TBD
- 3.3 In-person weekend agenda TBD
Library Freedom Institute[edit]
Library Freedom Institute (LFI) is a training program for library workers focused on privacy, intellectual freedom, and critical technology. We teach librarians the skills necessary to support information democracy in the 21st Century; from educating community members, to installing privacy software, to influencing local policy.
General course information and resources[edit]
- Code of Conduct
- Discord for asynchronous discussion (link shared privately)
- Mailing list and wiki for weekly curriculum
- Zoom for weekly synchronous sessions (link shared privately)
Course structure[edit]
- 15 weeks and an in-person weekend
- DATES TBD
- OFF WEEKS TBD
- In-person weekend is TBD
- Weekly sessions are TBD on zoom
- Weekly discussion questions and readings
What to expect/what is expected of you[edit]
- A generous and generative group to build community with, learn together, share ideas, experiences, and resources
- A unique curriculum rooted in honest engagement with the world
- Attend each weekly session
- If you need to miss a session, please email in advance
- Participate in weekly conversations
- Zoom sessions will be a mix of lecture, large group discussions, and breakouts
- Participate in asynch Discord convos
- Complete weekly readings (amount will vary, but week 2 is the most by far)
- Weekly topics are subject to change, sometimes wildly, based on group vibes, the world, and the prior week
Schedule and curriculum[edit]
Schedule overview[edit]
| Week | Date and time | Topic | Lecturer |
| 1 | TBD | Introduction to this course and each other | |
| 2 | TBD | How we got here: internet and surveillance origins, ideologies, and logics | |
| 3 | TBD | Threat modeling, risk assessments, and the security mindset | |
| 4 | TBD | TBD | |
| 5 | TBD | Carceral surveillance: how the state and its appendages use technology | |
| 6 | TBD | What are we fighting for? Messaging and talking points to convince others what's at stake and what we need to do about it | |
| 7 | TBD | Technology for liberation, or at least just better passwords | |
| 8 | TBD | More tech tools | |
| 9 | TBD | TBD | |
| 10 | TBD | Responsible data and intellectual freedom policies, and vendor issues | |
| 11 | TBD | The AI hellscape | |
| 12 | TBD | TBD | |
| 13 | TBD | TBD | |
| 14 | TBD | Anti-doxxing defense | |
| 15 | TBD | Closing week: Alternative visions, and our shared ideas for longer term practice |
