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|| 2 || TBD || What is information democracy? And what are the problems we face? ||  
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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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|| 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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|| 5 || Week of June 2nd, time and date TBD || Responsible data policies and privacy practices ||  
 
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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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|| 7 || Week of June 16th, time and date TBD || Tech for liberation part two: threat models we encounter every day ||  
 
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|| 8 || Week of June 23rd, time and date TBD || Vendor issues and data brokers ||
 
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|| 9 || TBD || Technology practices and strategies, second week ||
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|| 9 || Week of June 30th || Off for July 4th week ||
 
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|| 10 || TBD || HOLD FOR IN PERSON WEEKEND||
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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 || 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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|| 12 || July 25 - 27 || In-person weekend, Philadelphia, PA ||  
 
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|| 13 || TBD || Who benefits from surveillance and censorship? Tech billionaires and others we are up against ||  
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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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|| 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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===== Weekly curriculum =====
 
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===== In-person weekend subjects =====
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* Powermapping
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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

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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