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LFP Crash Course: Systems and Policies

General course information and resources

• Weekly conversation recordings get posted here.
• Code of Conduct
• Riseup mailing list: a private list that Crash Course members get subscribed to when the course begins.
• Zoom video conference room: a private Zoom room that we'll use for weekly conversations.
• LFP message board: Another conversation space that we may or may not use (we'll talk about this during the first week).

Schedule and curriculum

Schedule overview

Week	Dates	Real time lecture	Topic	Lecturer
1	May 9 week		Introduction to this course and foundational reading	Alison
2	May 16 week		Threat modeling and beginning to communicate about privacy	Alison
3	May 23 week		Making good privacy/data governance policies, more privacy language, and best practices	Alison
4	May 30 week		Vendors and privacy, political advocacy around vendors, some of the history here
5	June 6 week		Working with IT to protect patron privacy, cybersecurity basics Understanding some of the IT environments possible, talking points for different things people say, things IT people typically bring up
6	June 13 week		Public computer environments/tech 101, How do deal with CIPA and similar requirements, how to communicate about this stuff to patrons
7	June 20 week		Privacy audits of your library, How to make this into a sustainable practice, Assessment tools, What to do year after year, How to stay up to date, its a constantly moving target	Alison
8	June 27 week		closing talk and presentations