Main Page/Conference

General theme

• imagining the future, contending with the reality of the present

Roles

• moderation
• transcription
• facilitation
• time keeping
• note taking
• community agreements/code of ethics for the conf
• opening/closing readings

Ideas for sessions

• all sessions should recognize the gravity of our current situation
• collective action focused, call to action at the end of each session, ideas for more systemic action
• risk-taking (strategic)
• labor relations and libraries/organizing 101
• LFP history/background/vision
• how the big tech platforms are gaining now and what libraries can do
• "fuck Melvil Dewey" -- about abusive bosses or about dewey's legacy in particular
• fighting/preparing for coming austerity
• what do our services look like now
• privacy and surveillance in online learning/teaching/working environments
• inequity in online learning/teaching/working environments
• self-advocacy
• broadband access
• how did librarians come to oppose the USA PATRIOT Act? and what happened after? more library history
• social justice library history with Elaine, Tom, Al, Jenna, etc
• disinformation and the election (Bernie media blackout and what this means)
• every session should have a call to action and a way of following up with participants
• thinking big, incorporating big demands into small actions
• something with Evan Greer
• disinfo topics
• how to pick battles/focusing on what we can change
• low morale/emotional and physical impact of the stress and expectations of this moment
• powermapping/support and community building around advocacy
• changing the library narrative
• transformative librarianship - how to fight back against information that has been shaped to benefit the ruling class and reinforce various supremacies & privilege
• redefining and challenging the limits of traditional library “outreach” - what are we actually doing to welcome groups/people who have been categorically dismissed or ignored/underserved by our systems?

Schedule (all times eastern)

August 10: Surveillance and privacy (part one)

11:45 am - 12 pm	welcome
12 - 12:45 pm
12:45 - 1 pm	break
1 - 1:45 pm
1:45 - 2 pm	announcements
2 - 3 pm	break
3 - 3:45 pm
3: 45 - 4 pm	announcements
4 - 4:45 pm
4:45 - 5 pm	closing

August 11: Surveillance and privacy (part two)

11:45 am - 12 pm	welcome
12 - 12:45 pm
12:45 - 1 pm	break
1 - 1:45 pm
1:45 - 2 pm	announcements
2 - 3 pm	break
3 - 3:45 pm
3: 45 - 4 pm	announcements
4 - 4:45 pm
4:45 - 5 pm	closing

August 12: Democracy and disinformation

11:45 am - 12 pm	welcome
12 - 12:45 pm
12:45 - 1 pm	break
1 - 1:45 pm
1:45 - 2 pm	announcements
2 - 3 pm	break
3 - 3:45 pm
3: 45 - 4 pm	announcements
4 - 4:45 pm
4:45 - 5 pm	closing

August 13: Advocacy and organizing

9:45 - 10 am	welcome
10 - 10:45 am
10:45 - 11 am	break
11 - 11:45 am
11:45 am - noon	announcements
12 - 1 pm	break
1 - 1:45 pm
1: 45 - 2 pm	announcements
2 - 2:45 pm
2:45 - 3 pm	closing

August 14: A better future is possible

11:45 am - 12 pm	welcome
12 - 12:45 pm
12:45 - 1 pm	break
1 - 1:45 pm
1:45 - 2 pm	announcements
2 - 3 pm	break
3 - 3:45 pm
3: 45 - 4 pm	announcements
4 - 4:45 pm
4:45 - 5 pm	closing