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* Teaching and training others (staff and patrons)
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* Building coalitions for support
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* Final project work

Latest revision as of 18:42, 14 January 2025

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]

  • [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[edit]

Schedule overview[edit]
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 Threats to speech and privacy in libraries (and their origins) and threat modeling
4 TBD What are we fighting for? Messaging and talking points
5 TBD Policies and practices
6 TBD Vendor issues
7 TBD Technology for liberation, or at least just better passwords
8 TBD Technology practices and strategies, second week
9 TBD HOLD FOR IN PERSON WEEKEND
10 TBD HOLD FOR OFF WEEK FOLLOWING IN PERSON WEEKEND
11 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
12 TBD Who benefits from surveillance and censorship? Tech billionaires and others we are up against
13 TBD Did we miss anything? Policing, artificial intelligence, social media, reproductive health and privacy, anti-doxxing, immigrant threat models?
14 TBD Closing week and final project presentations
Weekly curriculum[edit]
[WEEK 1 LINK][edit]
[WEEK 2 LINK][edit]
[WEEK 3 LINK][edit]
[WEEK 4 LINK][edit]
[WEEK 5 LINK][edit]
[WEEK 6 LINK][edit]
[WEEK 7 LINK][edit]
[WEEK 8 LINK][edit]
[WEEK 9 LINK][edit]
[WEEK 10 LINK][edit]
[WEEK 11 LINK][edit]
[WEEK 12 LINK][edit]
[WEEK 13 LINK][edit]
[WEEK 14 LINK][edit]
In-person weekend subjects[edit]
  • Powermapping
  • Teaching and training others (staff and patrons)
  • Building coalitions for support
  • Final project work