LFI Course Materials 2020
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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 two: Some necessary background
- 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 | March 9 - 15 | Introduction to LFI | Alison | |
| 2 | March 16 -22 | Some background and history | Alison | |
| 3 | March 23 - 29 | Threat modeling and privacy basics | Alison | |
| 4 | March 30 - April 5 | LFI Weekend (no lecture!) | All of us | |
| 5 | April 6 - 12 | Privacy rights | [NEED LECTURER] | |
| 6 | April 13 - 19 | Vendor agreements and privacy policies | [NEED LECTURER] | |
| 7 | April 20 - 26 | Public computer environments | [NEED LECTURER] | |
| 8 | April 27 - May 3 | The lifecycle of your library's data | [NEED LECTURER] | |
| 9 | May 4 - 10 | Virginia Eubanks? Need to confirm | ||
| 10 | May 11 - 17 | Police surveillance/electronic monitoring | Myaisha | |
| 11 | May 18 - 24 | Facial recognition | Varoon | |
| 12 | May 25 - 31 | Rise of consumer surveillance tech | Chris Gilliard? | |
| 13 | June 1 - 7 | Data brokers/doxxing | ||
| 14 | June 8 - 14 | making things happen in your library | ||
| 15 | June 15 - 21 | making things happen in your library (youth services) | ||
| 16 | June 22 - 28 | savasava films/final projects |
