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=== Library Freedom Institute ===  
 
=== Library Freedom Institute ===  
  
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Library Freedom Institute (LFI) is a privacy-focused six-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.
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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 ====  
 
==== General course information and resources ====  
  
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* [https://vimeo.com/manage/folders/20883202 Lecture video links]
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* [NEED LINK] Lecture video links]
 
* [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_Course_Materials/Code_of_Conduct Code of Conduct]
 
* [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_Course_Materials/Code_of_Conduct Code of Conduct]
 
* Discord: A discussion platform that cohort members get invited to when LFI begins.  
 
* Discord: A discussion platform that cohort members get invited to when LFI begins.  
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* [https://github.com/alisonLFP/libraryfreedominstitute/ LFI Github]: We'll use this Github repo occasionally when we need to host large documents.
 
 
* Zoom video conference room: A private Zoom room that cohort members get the address to when LFI begins.
 
* Zoom video conference room: A private Zoom room that cohort members get the address to when LFI begins.
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* [https://github.com/alisonLFP/libraryfreedominstitute/tree/master/LFI2/resources LFI/LFP logos, slide templates, and some other resources]
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=== Schedule and curriculum ===
 
=== Schedule and curriculum ===
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|| 1 || TBD || Introduction to this course and each other ||
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|| 2 || TBD || What is information democracy? And what are the problems we face? ||
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|| 3 || TBD || Threat modeling and privacy basics ||
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|| 4 || TBD || Threats to speech and their origins ||
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|| 5 || TBD || Messaging and talking points ||
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|| 6 || TBD || Policies ||
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|| 7 || TBD || Vendor issues ||
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|| 8 || TBD || Technology for liberation, or at least just better passwords ||
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|| 9 || TBD || Technology practices and strategies, second week ||
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|| 10 || TBD || HOLD FOR IN PERSON WEEKEND||
 
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|| 1 || May || May 17th 2 - 4 Eastern/11 - 1 Pacific || Introduction to LFI|| Tess
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|| 11 || TBD || HOLD FOR OFF WEEK FOLLOWING IN PERSON WEEKEND||
 
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|| 2 || June || June 21st 2 - 4 Eastern/11 - 1 Pacific || Privacy in the Library || Tess, guest speaker Sarah Lamdan
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|| 12 || TBD || Privacy audits and resisting data for data's sake, new data-driven business models, and making information democracy into a sustainable long term practice ||  
 
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|| 3 || July || July 19th 2 - 4 Eastern/11 - 1 Pacific || Talking About Privacy || Tess
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|| 13 || TBD || Who benefits from surveillance and censorship? Tech billionaires and others we are up against ||  
 
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|| 4 || August || August 16th 2 - 4 Eastern/11 - 1 Pacific || Privacy Talking Points || Tess
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|| 14 || TBD || Did we miss anything? Policing, social media, reproductive health and privacy, anti-doxxing, immigrant threat models? ||  
 
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|| 5 || September || September 13th 2 - 4 Eastern/11 - 1 Pacific || Privacy Tools and Strategies || Tess
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|| 15 || TBD || Teaching and training others (staff and patrons) and building coalitions for support ||
 
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|| 6 || October || October 18th 2 - 4 Eastern/11 - 1 Pacific || Teaching and Advocating || Tess
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|| 16 || TBD || Closing week and final project presentations ||
 
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===== Monthly curriculum =====
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===== Weekly curriculum =====
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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2024/Month_1 Month 1: Introduction to LFI] ======
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====== [WEEK 1 LINK] ======
  
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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2024/Month_2 Month 2: Privacy in the Library] ======
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====== [WEEK 2 LINK] ======
  
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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2024/Month_3 Month 3: Talking About Privacy] ======
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====== [WEEK 3 LINK] ======
  
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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2024/Month_4 Month 4: Privacy Talking Points] ======
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====== [WEEK 4 LINK] ======
  
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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2024/Month_5 Month 5: Privacy Tools and Strategies] ======
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====== [WEEK 5 LINK] ======
  
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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2024/Month_6 Month 6: The Broader Surveillance Landscape] ======
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====== [WEEK 6 LINK] ======
  
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====== [WEEK 7 LINK] ======
  
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====== [WEEK 8 LINK] ======
  
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====== [WEEK 9 LINK] ======
  
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    1.2.2.1 Week 1: Introduction to this course and each other
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====== [WEEK 10 LINK] ======
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    1.2.2.2 Week 2: Threat modeling and privacy basics
 
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    1.2.2.3 Week 3: Privacy policies
 
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    1.2.2.4 Week 4: Vendors
 
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    1.2.2.5 Week 5: OFF WEEK
 
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    1.2.2.6 Week 6: Talking about privacy to library stakeholders
 
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    1.2.2.7 Week 7: Cybersecurity basics and privacy for public computer environments
 
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    1.2.2.8 Week 8: Analytics in libraries and the push for data to demonstrate value
 
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    1.2.2.9 Week 9: Privacy audits, and making privacy work into a sustainable ongoing practice
 
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    1.2.2.10 Week 10: Closing talk and presentations
 
  
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====== [WEEK 11 LINK] ======
  
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    1.2.2.1 Week 1: Introduction to this course and each other
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====== [WEEK 12 LINK] ======
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    1.2.2.2 Week 2: Threat modeling and privacy basics
 
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    1.2.2.3 Week 3: Transformative environments for teaching and learning
 
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    1.2.2.4 Week 4: Privacy tools and strategies 101
 
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    1.2.2.5 Week 5: Communicating about privacy
 
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    1.2.2.6 Week 6: Anti-doxxing, harassment of marginalized communities, intimate partner privacy
 
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    1.2.2.7 Week 7: Academic surveillance and student privacy issues
 
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    1.2.2.8 Week 8: Reproductive and health privacy
 
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    1.2.2.9 Week 9: Police surveillance and social media
 
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    1.2.2.10 Week 10: Staying engaged in privacy advocacy
 
  
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====== [WEEK 13 LINK] ======
  
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intellectual freedom topics
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====== [WEEK 14 LINK] ======
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problem definition
 
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Messaging
 
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Policy
 
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Coalition building
 
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Staff support
 
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Training
 
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Board
 
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Legislative
 
  
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====== [WEEK 15 LINK] ======
  
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creating programming
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====== [WEEK 16 LINK] ======
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policies and practices
 
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staff training
 
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influencing stakeholders at higher levels
 

Revision as of 14:25, 14 January 2025

Library Freedom Institute

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

  • [NEED LINK] Lecture video links]
  • Code of Conduct
  • Discord: A discussion platform that cohort members get invited to when LFI begins.
  • Zoom video conference room: A private Zoom room that cohort members get the address to when LFI begins.


Schedule and curriculum

Schedule overview
Week Date and time Topic Lecturer
1 TBD Introduction to this course and each other
2 TBD What is information democracy? And what are the problems we face?
3 TBD Threat modeling and privacy basics
4 TBD Threats to speech and their origins
5 TBD Messaging and talking points
6 TBD Policies
7 TBD Vendor issues
8 TBD Technology for liberation, or at least just better passwords
9 TBD Technology practices and strategies, second week
10 TBD HOLD FOR IN PERSON WEEKEND
11 TBD HOLD FOR OFF WEEK FOLLOWING IN PERSON WEEKEND
12 TBD Privacy audits and resisting data for data's sake, new data-driven business models, and making information democracy into a sustainable long term practice
13 TBD Who benefits from surveillance and censorship? Tech billionaires and others we are up against
14 TBD Did we miss anything? Policing, social media, reproductive health and privacy, anti-doxxing, immigrant threat models?
15 TBD Teaching and training others (staff and patrons) and building coalitions for support
16 TBD Closing week and final project presentations
Weekly curriculum
[WEEK 1 LINK]
[WEEK 2 LINK]
[WEEK 3 LINK]
[WEEK 4 LINK]
[WEEK 5 LINK]
[WEEK 6 LINK]
[WEEK 7 LINK]
[WEEK 8 LINK]
[WEEK 9 LINK]
[WEEK 10 LINK]
[WEEK 11 LINK]
[WEEK 12 LINK]
[WEEK 13 LINK]
[WEEK 14 LINK]
[WEEK 15 LINK]
[WEEK 16 LINK]
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