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|| 1 || Wednesday May 7th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern || 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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|| 2 || Wednesday May 14th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern || 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 || TBD || Threats to speech and privacy in libraries (and their origins) and threat modeling ||  
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|| 3 || Wednesday May 21st, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern || 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 || TBD || What are we fighting for? Messaging and talking points ||
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|| 4 || Wednesday May 28th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern || Intellectual freedom in an environment of increasing repression (or off week for Memorial Day) ||
 
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|| 5 || TBD || Policies and practices ||
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|| 5 || Wednesday June 4th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern || Responsible data policies and privacy practices ||  
 
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|| 6 || TBD || Vendor issues ||  
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|| 6 || Wednesday June 11th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern || Technology for liberation, or at least just better passwords ||  
 
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|| 7 || TBD || Technology for liberation, or at least just better passwords ||  
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|| 7 || Wednesday June 18th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern || Tech for liberation part two: threat models we encounter every day ||  
 
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|| 8 || TBD || Technology practices and strategies, second week ||
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|| 8 || Wednesday June 25th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern || Vendor issues and data brokers ||
 
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|| 9 || TBD || HOLD FOR IN PERSON WEEKEND||
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|| 9 || Week of June 30th || Off for July 4th week ||
 
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|| 10 || TBD || HOLD FOR OFF WEEK FOLLOWING IN PERSON WEEKEND||
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|| 10 || Wednesday July 9th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern || The AI hellscape ||
 
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|| 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 ||  
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|| 11 || Wednesday July 16th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern || TBD based on what we have covered, maybe IF defense, or AI part two, or social media/platformization/enshittification of everything||
 
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|| 12 || TBD || Who benefits from surveillance and censorship? Tech billionaires and others we are up against ||  
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|| 12 || July 25 - 27 (please note - there is no meeting on Wednesday, July 23rd) || In-person weekend, Philadelphia, PA ||  
 
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|| 13 || TBD || Did we miss anything? Policing, artificial intelligence, social media, reproductive health and privacy, anti-doxxing, immigrant threat models? ||  
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|| 13 || Week of July 28th|| Off week following in-person weekend ||  
 
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|| 14 || TBD || Closing week and final project presentations ||
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|| 14 || Wednesday August 6th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern || Did we miss anything? IF defense, 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 || Wednesday August 13th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern || Closing week, and making information democracy into a sustainable long term practice||
 
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* Teaching and training others (staff and patrons)
 
* Teaching and training others (staff and patrons)
 
* Building coalitions for support
 
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* Group or individual presentations

Latest revision as of 19:51, 23 April 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 Wednesday May 7th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern Introduction to this course and each other
2 Wednesday May 14th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern 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 Wednesday May 21st, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern Threat modeling continued. Plus, what are we fighting for? Messaging and talking points to convince others what's at stake
4 Wednesday May 28th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern Intellectual freedom in an environment of increasing repression (or off week for Memorial Day)
5 Wednesday June 4th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern Responsible data policies and privacy practices
6 Wednesday June 11th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern Technology for liberation, or at least just better passwords
7 Wednesday June 18th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern Tech for liberation part two: threat models we encounter every day
8 Wednesday June 25th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern Vendor issues and data brokers
9 Week of June 30th Off for July 4th week
10 Wednesday July 9th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern The AI hellscape
11 Wednesday July 16th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern TBD based on what we have covered, maybe IF defense, or AI part two, or social media/platformization/enshittification of everything
12 July 25 - 27 (please note - there is no meeting on Wednesday, July 23rd) In-person weekend, Philadelphia, PA
13 Week of July 28th Off week following in-person weekend
14 Wednesday August 6th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern Did we miss anything? IF defense, Policing, reproductive health and privacy, anti-doxxing, immigrant threat models? We may need this week if we end up skipping memorial day week
15 Wednesday August 13th, 12-2 pacific/ 1-3 mountain/ 2-4 central/ 3-5 eastern Closing week, and making information democracy into a sustainable long term practice
Weekly curriculum[edit]
Week 1[edit]
Week 2[edit]
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Week 14[edit]
In-person weekend subjects[edit]
  • Powermapping
  • Teaching and training others (staff and patrons)
  • Building coalitions for support
  • Group or individual presentations
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