LFI Course Materials 4

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	July 13 - 19	July 16th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	Introduction to LFI	Alison
2	July 20 - 26	July 23rd 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	Foundational reading	Alison
3	July 27 - August 2	July 30th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	Threat modeling and privacy basics	Alison
-	August 8 & 9	Select weekend times online, see link	Many topics, see link	Many speakers, see link
4	August 10 - 16	August 13th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	Privacy rights, ethics, and philosophy	Kade Crockford, ACLU of Massachusetts
5	August 17 - 23	August 20th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	Privacy and online learning/work environments	Jasmine McNealy, UF professor and privacy researcher; Kelly McElroy, LFI cohort 1
6	August 24 - 30	August 27th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	Vendors and data governance policies	Qiana Johnson, LFI cohort 2; Nicole Becwar, LFI cohort 2; Tracy Treece, LFI cohort 2; Jessica Krill, LFI cohort 2
7	August 31 - September 6	September 3rd 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	Communicating about privacy and working with stakeholders, like IT and admin	Alison
8	September 7 - 13	September 10th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	The global power of "tech" companies	Rob Larson, author of Bit Tyrants: The Political Economy of Silicon Valley
9	September 14 - 20	September 17th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	Surveillance and the carceral state	Myaisha Hayes, Media Justice
10	September 21 - 27	September 24th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	AI and algorithms and privacy	Varoon Mathur, fellow at AI Now Institute
11	September 28 - October 4	October 1st 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	Building local power	Tawana Petty, Detroit Community Technology Project
12	October 5 - 11	October 8th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	Privacy tools and strategies 101	Alison
13	October 12 - 18	October 15th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	IMLS presentation/Privacy tools and strategies 102: privacy programs	James Neal, Alison, Maty Cropley cohort 2, Symphony Bruce cohort 2
14	October 19 - 25	October 22nd 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	Privacy tools and strategies 103: anti-doxxing	Alison
15	October 26 - 31	October 29th 9 - 11 Pacific/12 - 2 Eastern	Closing speaker and final presentations