LFI Course Materials
Contents
- 1 Library Freedom Institute
- 1.1 Cohort group pages
- 1.2 Cohort member bios
- 1.3 General course information and resources
- 1.4 Schedule and curriculum
- 1.4.1 Schedule overview
- 1.4.2 Weekly curriculum
- 1.4.2.1 Week 1: Introduction
- 1.4.2.2 Week 2: Threat modeling and basics of teaching privacy
- 1.4.2.3 Week 3: Surveillance technology in our local communities
- 1.4.2.4 Week 4: Corporate power on the internet
- 1.4.2.5 Week 5: Conversation week
- 1.4.2.6 Week 6: Facial recognition and AI
- 1.4.2.7 Week 7: Cybersecurity for librarians
- 1.4.2.8 Week 8: Digital redlining and discriminatory algorithms
- 1.4.2.9 Week 9: Influencing local policy
- 1.4.2.10 Week 10: NYC weekend
- 1.4.2.11 Week eleven
- 1.4.2.12 Week twelve
- 1.4.2.13 Week thirteen
- 1.4.2.14 Week fourteen
- 1.4.2.15 Week fifteen
- 1.4.2.16 Week sixteen
- 1.4.2.17 Week seventeen
- 1.4.2.18 Week eighteen
- 1.4.2.19 Week nineteen
- 1.4.2.20 Week twenty
- 1.4.2.21 Week twenty one
- 1.4.2.22 Week twenty two
- 1.4.2.23 Week twenty three
- 1.4.2.24 Week twenty four
- 1.4.2.25 Week twenty five
- 1.4.2.26 Week twenty six
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.
On this page, you'll find materials that we're using for the current cohort. If you're looking for application materials and a timeline for the next cohort, [this is what you want https://libraryfreedomproject.org/lfi/].
Cohort group pages
Cohort member bios
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.
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 5th 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 | August 2nd 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern | 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 | Terrible surveillance laws | Julian Sanchez, Cato Institute |
| 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 | The right to privacy | Jessie Rossman, ACLU of Massachusetts |
| 17 | Sept 9 - 15 | September 13th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern | Algorithms and predictive technologies | TBD |
| 18 | Sept 16 - 22 | September 20th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern | Doxxing and online harassment | TBD |
| 19 | Sept 23 - 29 | September 27th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern | Discussion week | Discussion week |
| 20 | Sept 30 - Oct 6 | October 4th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern | Scams of the Internet | Harlo Holmes, Freedom of the Press Foundation |
| 21 | Oct 7 - 13 | October 11th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern | Mobile privacy | Mike Tigas, ProPublica |
| 22 | Oct 14 - 20 | October 18th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern | More on teaching privacy | Soraya Okuda, Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| 23 | Oct 21 - 27 | October 25th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern | Student privacy | Abigail Goben, Data Doubles |
| 24 | Oct 28 - Nov 3 | November 1st 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern | Free software for privacy | Maka, Rhizomatica |
| 25 | Nov 4 - 10 | November 8th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern | TBD | TBD |
| 26 | Nov 11 - 17 | November 15th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern | Final project presentations | Cohort |
