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|| Week || Date and time || Topic || Lecturer | || Week || Date and time || Topic || Lecturer | ||
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| − | || 1 || TBD || Introduction to this course and each other || | + | || 1 || Week of April 21st, time and date TBD || Introduction to this course and each other || |
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| − | || 2 || TBD || What is information democracy? And what are the problems we face? || | + | || 2 || Week of April 28th, time and date TBD || What is information democracy? And what are the problems we face? || |
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| − | || 3 || TBD || Threats to speech and privacy in libraries (and their origins) and threat modeling || | + | || 3 || Week of May 5th, time and date TBD || Threats to speech and privacy in libraries (and their origins) and threat modeling || |
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| − | || 4 || TBD || What are we fighting for? Messaging and talking points || | + | || 4 || Week of May 12th, time and date TBD || What are we fighting for? Messaging and talking points || |
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| − | || 5 || TBD || Policies and practices || | + | || 5 || Week of May 19th, time and date TBD || Policies and practices || |
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| − | || 6 || TBD || Vendor issues || | + | || 6 || Week of May 26th, time and date TBD || Vendor issues || |
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| − | || 7 || TBD || Technology for liberation, or at least just better passwords || | + | || 7 || Week of June 9th, time and date TBD || Technology for liberation, or at least just better passwords || |
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| − | || 8 || TBD || Technology practices and strategies, second week || | + | || 8 || Week of June 16th, time and date TBD || Technology practices and strategies, second week || |
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| − | || 9 || TBD || | + | || 9 || Week of June 23rd, time and date 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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| − | || 10 || | + | || 10 || Week of June 30th|| Off week for July 4th || |
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| − | || 11 || TBD || | + | || 11 || Week of July 7th, time and date TBD || Who benefits from surveillance and censorship? Tech billionaires and others we are up against || |
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| − | || 12 || TBD || | + | || 12 || Week of July 14th, time and date TBD || Did we miss anything? Policing, artificial intelligence, social media, reproductive health and privacy, anti-doxxing, immigrant threat models? || |
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| − | || 13 || | + | || 13 || July 25 - 27 || In-person weekend, Philadelphia, PA || |
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| − | || 14 || TBD || Closing week and final | + | || 14 || Week of July 28th|| Off week following in-person weekend || |
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| + | || 15 || Week of August 4th, time and date TBD || Closing week and final presentations || | ||
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Revision as of 17:14, 4 March 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 April 21st, time and date TBD | Introduction to this course and each other | |
| 2 | Week of April 28th, time and date TBD | What is information democracy? And what are the problems we face? | |
| 3 | Week of May 5th, time and date TBD | Threats to speech and privacy in libraries (and their origins) and threat modeling | |
| 4 | Week of May 12th, time and date TBD | What are we fighting for? Messaging and talking points | |
| 5 | Week of May 19th, time and date TBD | Policies and practices | |
| 6 | Week of May 26th, time and date TBD | Vendor issues | |
| 7 | Week of June 9th, time and date TBD | Technology for liberation, or at least just better passwords | |
| 8 | Week of June 16th, time and date TBD | Technology practices and strategies, second week | |
| 9 | Week of June 23rd, time and date 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 | |
| 10 | Week of June 30th | Off week for July 4th | |
| 11 | Week of July 7th, time and date TBD | Who benefits from surveillance and censorship? Tech billionaires and others we are up against | |
| 12 | Week of July 14th, time and date TBD | Did we miss anything? Policing, artificial intelligence, social media, reproductive health and privacy, anti-doxxing, immigrant threat models? | |
| 13 | July 25 - 27 | In-person weekend, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 14 | Week of July 28th | Off week following in-person weekend | |
| 15 | Week of August 4th, time and date TBD | Closing week 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
