LFI Course Materials
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Contents
- 1 Library Freedom Institute
- 1.1 Cohort group pages
- 1.2 Cohort member bios
- 1.3 Final projects
- 1.4 Lecture video links on Vimeo
- 1.5 General course information and resources
- 1.6 Schedule and curriculum
- 1.6.1 Schedule overview
- 1.6.2 Weekly curriculum
- 1.6.2.1 Week 1: Introduction
- 1.6.2.2 Week 2: Threat modeling and basics of teaching privacy
- 1.6.2.3 Week 3: Surveillance technology in our local communities
- 1.6.2.4 Week 4: More privacy tools
- 1.6.2.5 Week 5: Conversation week
- 1.6.2.6 Week 6: Facial recognition and AI
- 1.6.2.7 Week 7: Cybersecurity for librarians
- 1.6.2.8 Week 8: Corporate power on the internet
- 1.6.2.9 Week 9: Influencing local policy
- 1.6.2.10 Week 10: NYC weekend
- 1.6.2.11 Week 11: Post-NYC discussion week
- 1.6.2.12 Week 12: Vendor agreements and privacy policies
- 1.6.2.13 Week 13: Digital redlining
- 1.6.2.14 Week 14: Intermediate privacy
- 1.6.2.15 Week 15: The lifecycle of your library's data
- 1.6.2.16 Week 16: Advanced privacy tools
- 1.6.2.17 Week 17: Algorithms as ideology
- 1.6.2.18 Week 18: Social media surveillance
- 1.6.2.19 Week 19: Conversation week
- 1.6.2.20 Week 20: The Right to Privacy
- 1.6.2.21 Week 21: Accessible digital privacy
- 1.6.2.22 Week 22: Mobile devices
- 1.6.2.23 Week 23: Privacy stakeholder dialogues
- 1.6.2.24 Week 24: Public computer environments
- 1.6.2.25 Week 25: Privacy for artists
- 1.6.2.26 Week 26: Secret closing speaker and final project presentations
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
Cohort member bios
Final projects
Lecture video links on Vimeo
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 | Mobile devices | Harlo Holmes, Freedom of the Press Foundation |
| 23 | Oct 21 - 27 | October 25th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern | Privacy stakeholder dialogues | 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 | Privacy for artists | 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 |
