LFI 2026/weekend/agenda
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Contents
Agenda
Friday, April 17th
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1 pm: Meet in front of the hotel | Optional group fun: We will do a Philly bookstore crawl with potential thrift/vintage stops and food |
| Starting at 3 pm | Best Western Hotel checkin (rooms may be ready sooner) |
| 7:00 pm | Informal dinner, whoever is around |
Saturday, April 18th
| Time | Activity
| |
|---|---|---|
| Starting at 9:15 am | Breakfast and adding small group discussion ideas | Coffee, pastries, and fruit (including vegan and GF options, and allergy labeling) |
| 9:45 - 11 am | Introductions, icebreaker, create community agreements, review agenda, small group discussion planning | |
| 11 am - 12 pm | Digital security review, deeper dive, and body doubling time. | |
| 12 - 1:15 pm | Lunch out in the world | |
| 1:15 - 3:30 | Privacy and critical tech instruction - teaching methods, program design (or join a small group) | |
| 3:30 - 4 | Day one wrap-up | |
| 4 - 5:30 pm | Free time | |
| 5:30 - 7:30 pm | Group dinner at Dim Sum Garden, 1020 Race Street (upstairs) |
Sunday, April 19th
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| Starting at 9:15 am | Breakfast and adding small group discussion ideas: coffee, pastries, and fruit (including vegan and GF options, and allergy labeling) |
| 10 - 10:30 am | Check in from yesterday, review agenda for the day, identify notetakers and other roles |
| 10:30 - 12 | Small group breakouts |
| 12 - 1:15 | Lunch out in the world |
| 1:15 - 2:15 | Reflections and how we're sharing what we've learned |
| 2:15 - 3 | Closing circle |
Small group sessions
| Ideas for small group discussion |
|---|
| Building AI policies |
| Practical privacy toolkits and auditing resources |
| How to incorporate LFI into everyday work |
| Community defense / counter-surveillance |
| Repro rights and digital info concerns |
| Resources for kids – anti-AI and privacy |
| Time for case study discussions |
| Higher ed discussion time |
| Time for digital detox |
| Linux or Tails download and install |
| Powermapping: What resources exist within our community and how can we work more closely with them as we teach privacy in our communities? What coalitions exist or can be formed? |
| Academic libraries anti-surveillance strategizing |
| Small group to discuss serving low-income public |
| Small group to discuss serving elders |
| Small group to discuss serving unhoused folks |
| Small group to discuss serving disabled folks |
| Small group to discuss serving immigrants/refugees |
| Small group to discuss serving international students |
| Small group to discuss adult services |
| Small group to discuss youth services |
| Small group to discuss serving college students |
| Small group to discuss serving college faculty and staff |
| Small group to discuss serving other library workers |
| Small group to discuss serving LIS students and faculty |
| Small group to discuss serving incarcerated patrons |
| Solidarity in action: using your contract/job description/policies for community defense |
| Best practices to center privacy in tech instruction. I know we’ve mentioned something like the pitch, but I would love to hear more about what has worked and what hasn’t worked for other folks. |
| Harm reduction as an innate function of librarianship. What does that look like across our systems and institutions? |
| How best to keep up with ongoing conversations about data privacy and intellectual freedom |
