LFI Course Materials

Library Freedom Institute

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.

Cohort group pages

• Group 1
• Group 2
• Group 3: Librarians for Librarians
• Group 4
• Group 5
• Group 6

General course information and resources

• Code of Conduct
• LFI message board: Most LFI discussion happens here. Anyone can read public posts on the board, but only LFI cohort members can post.
• LFI Github: We'll use this Github repo occasionally when we need to host large size documents.
• Riseup mailing list: a private list that cohort members get subscribed to when LFI begins.
• Zoom video conference room: a private Zoom room that cohort members get the address to when LFI begins.
• LFI/LFP logos, slide templates, and some other resources

Schedule and curriculum

Schedule overview

Week	Dates	Real time lecture	Topic	Lecturer
1	May 20 - 26	May 24th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Introduction to LFI	Alison
2	May 27 - June 2	May 31st 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Introduction to threat modeling and teaching privacy	Alison
3	June 3 - 9	June 7th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Surveillance technology in our communities	Kade Crockford, ACLU of Massachusetts
4	June 10 - 16	June 14th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	More privacy tools	Alison
5	June 17 - 23	NO LECTURE	ALA/discussion only week	ALA/discussion only week
6	June 24 - 30	June 28th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Facial recognition and other AI	Varoon Mathur, AI Now Institute
7	July 1 - 7	July 5th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Cybersecurity for librarians	Tracy Z. Maleeff, Cyber Analyst at GSK
8	July 8 - 14	July 12th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Corporate power on the internet	April Glaser, Slate
9	July 15 - 21	July 19th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Influencing local policy	Brian Hofer, Oakland Privacy
10	July 22 - 28	NYC WEEKEND	NYC WEEKEND	SEE NYC WEEKEND SCHEDULE BELOW
11	July 29 - Aug 4	NO LECTURE	Discussion week	Discussion week
12	Aug 5 - 11	August 9th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Vendor agreements and library privacy policies	Erin Berman, Alameda County Library
13	Aug 12 - 18	August 16th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Digital redlining: the implications of discriminatory algorithms	Dr. Chris Gilliard, hypervisible.com
14	Aug 19 - 25	August 23rd 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Intermediate privacy tools/anti-doxxing	Alison
15	Aug 26 - Sept 1	August 30th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	The lifecycle of your library's data	Becky Yoose, LDH Consulting
16	Sept 2 - 8	September 6th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Advanced privacy tools/Tor and more	Alison
17	Sept 9 - 15	September 13th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Algorithms as ideology	Janus Rose, senior editor, Vice
18	Sept 16 - 22	September 20th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Social media surveillance	Abi Hassen, Black Movement Law Project
19	Sept 23 - 29	NO LECTURE	Discussion week	Discussion week
20	Sept 30 - Oct 6	October 4th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	The right to privacy	2018 lecture
21	Oct 7 - 13	October 11th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Accessible digital privacy	Soraya Okuda, Electronic Frontier Foundation
22	Oct 14 - 20	October 18th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Scams of the Internet	Harlo Holmes, Freedom of the Press Foundation
23	Oct 21 - 27	October 25th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Student privacy	Abigail Goben, Data Doubles
24	Oct 28 - Nov 3	November 1st 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	Public computer environments	Chuck McAndrew, Lebanon Libraries
25	Nov 4 - 10	November 8th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern	TBD	Heath Bunting
26	Nov 11 - 17	November 15th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern PLEASE NOTE THIS SESSION WILL BE TWO HOURS	Super special secret closing speaker! And then final project presentations	Secret speaker and then Cohort