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Revision as of 01:35, 16 February 2020

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.

Cohort group pages

Cohort member bios

Final projects

Lecture video links on Vimeo

General course information and resources

  • 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 Introduction to LFI Alison
2 March 16 -22 Background/History of the internet Alison
3 March 23 - 29 Threat modeling and privacy basics Alison
4 March 30 - April 5 LFI weekend! No lecture
5 April 6 - 12 Privacy rights
6 April 13 - 19 Vendor agreements and privacy policies
7 April 20 - 26 Public computer environments
8 April 27 - May 3 The lifecycle of your library's data
9 May 4 - 10 Virginia Eubanks?
10 May 11 - 17 Police surveillance
11 May 18 - 24 Facial recognition
12 May 25 - 31 Rise of consumer surveillance tech
13 June 1 - 7 Data brokers/doxxing
14 June 8 - 14 Making things happen/final project work
15 June 15 - 21 Making things happen 2/youth services/final project work
16 June 22 - 28 Final project presentations/savasava film and interview
Weekly curriculum
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Some necessary background
Week 3: Threat modeling and privacy basics
Week 4: LFI weekend!
Week 5: Privacy rights
Week 6: Vendor agreements and privacy policies
Week 7: Public computer environments
Week 8: The lifecycle of your library's data
Week 9: Something with Virginia Eubanks
[Week 10: Police surveillance]
[Week 11: Facial recognition]
[Week 12: Rise of consumer surveillance tech]
[Week 13: Data brokers/doxxing]
[Week 14: Making things happen/final project work]
[Week 15: Making things happen 2/youth services/final project work]
[Week 16: Final project presentations/savasava film and interview]