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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 || Week of May 5th, time and date TBD || Introduction to this course and each other ||
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|| 2 || Week of May 12th, time and date TBD || Foundations in information democracy and the problems we face: Threats to speech and privacy in libraries (and their origins), the tech landscape, and threat modeling||
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|| 3 || Week of May 19th, time and date TBD || Threat modeling continued. Plus, what are we fighting for? Messaging and talking points to convince others what's at stake ||
 
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|| 1 || May || May 17th 2 - 4 Eastern/11 - 1 Pacific || Introduction to LFI|| Tess
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|| 4 || Week of May 23rd, time and date TBD || Intellectual freedom in an environment of increasing repression (or off week for Memorial Day) ||
 
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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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|| 5 || Week of June 2nd, time and date TBD || Responsible data policies and privacy practices ||  
 
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|| 3 || July || July 19th 2 - 4 Eastern/11 - 1 Pacific || Talking About Privacy || Tess
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|| 6 || Week of June 9th, time and date TBD || Technology for liberation, or at least just better passwords ||  
 
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|| 4 || August || August 16th 2 - 4 Eastern/11 - 1 Pacific || Privacy Talking Points || Tess
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|| 7 || Week of June 16th, time and date TBD || Tech for liberation part two: threat models we encounter every day ||  
 
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|| 5 || September || September 13th 2 - 4 Eastern/11 - 1 Pacific || Privacy Tools and Strategies || Tess
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|| 8 || Week of June 23rd, time and date TBD || Vendor issues and data brokers ||
 
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|| 6 || October || October 18th 2 - 4 Eastern/11 - 1 Pacific || Teaching and Advocating || Tess
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|| 9 || Week of June 30th || Off for July 4th week ||
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|| 10 || Week of July 7th, time and date TBD || The AI hellscape ||
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|| 11 || Week of July 14th, time and date TBD || TBD based on what we have covered, maybe AI part two or maybe social media/platformization/enshittification of everything||
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|| 12 || July 25 - 27 || In-person weekend, Philadelphia, PA ||
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|| 13 || Week of July 28th|| Off week following in-person weekend ||
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|| 14 || Week of August 4th, time and date TBD || Did we miss anything? Policing, reproductive health and privacy, anti-doxxing, immigrant threat models? We may need this week if we end up skipping memorial day week ||
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|| 15 ||  Week of August 11th, time and date TBD || Closing week, making information democracy into a sustainable long term practice, and final 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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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_1 Week 1] ======
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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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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2024/Month_3 Month 3: Talking About Privacy] ======
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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_2 Week 2] ======
  
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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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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_3 Week 3] ======
  
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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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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_4 Week 4] ======
  
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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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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_5 Week 5] ======
  
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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_6 Week 6] ======
  
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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_7 Week 7] ======
  
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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_8 Week 8] ======
  
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    1.2.2.1 Week 1: Introduction to this course and each other
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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_9 Week 9] ======
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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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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_10 Week 10] ======
  
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    1.2.2.1 Week 1: Introduction to this course and each other
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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_11 Week 11] ======
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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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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_12 Week 12] ======
  
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intellectual freedom topics
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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_13 Week 13] ======
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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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====== [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_2025/Week_14 Week 14] ======
  
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creating programming
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===== In-person weekend subjects =====
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policies and practices
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* Powermapping
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staff training
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* Teaching and training others (staff and patrons)
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influencing stakeholders at higher levels
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* Building coalitions for support
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* Final project work

Revision as of 20:14, 8 April 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 Week of May 5th, time and date TBD Introduction to this course and each other
2 Week of May 12th, time and date TBD Foundations in information democracy and the problems we face: Threats to speech and privacy in libraries (and their origins), the tech landscape, and threat modeling
3 Week of May 19th, time and date TBD Threat modeling continued. Plus, what are we fighting for? Messaging and talking points to convince others what's at stake
4 Week of May 23rd, time and date TBD Intellectual freedom in an environment of increasing repression (or off week for Memorial Day)
5 Week of June 2nd, time and date TBD Responsible data policies and privacy practices
6 Week of June 9th, time and date TBD Technology for liberation, or at least just better passwords
7 Week of June 16th, time and date TBD Tech for liberation part two: threat models we encounter every day
8 Week of June 23rd, time and date TBD Vendor issues and data brokers
9 Week of June 30th Off for July 4th week
10 Week of July 7th, time and date TBD The AI hellscape
11 Week of July 14th, time and date TBD TBD based on what we have covered, maybe AI part two or maybe social media/platformization/enshittification of everything
12 July 25 - 27 In-person weekend, Philadelphia, PA
13 Week of July 28th Off week following in-person weekend
14 Week of August 4th, time and date TBD Did we miss anything? Policing, reproductive health and privacy, anti-doxxing, immigrant threat models? We may need this week if we end up skipping memorial day week
15 Week of August 11th, time and date TBD Closing week, making information democracy into a sustainable long term practice, and final presentations
Weekly curriculum
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
In-person weekend subjects
  • Powermapping
  • Teaching and training others (staff and patrons)
  • Building coalitions for support
  • Final project work
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