LFI Course Materials 2020

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Library Freedom Institute

Library Freedom Institute (LFI) is a privacy-focused four-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.

General course information and resources

Schedule and curriculum

Schedule overview
Week Dates Real time lecture Topic Lecturer
1 March 9 - 15 March 9, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Introduction to LFI Alison
2 March 16 -22 March 16, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Foundational reading Alison
3 March 23 - 29 March 23, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Threat modeling and privacy basics Alison
4 March 30 - April 5 March 30, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Privacy rights Abi Hassen, Black Movement Law Project
- April 4 - 5 Select weekend times, see link On Zoom Many speakers
5 April 6 - 12 April 6, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Privacy and online learning/work environments Lindsay Oliver, EFF
6 April 13 - 19 April 13, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Surveillance and public health April Glaser, NBC News
7 April 20 - 26 April 20, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Workplace surveillance Janus Rose, Motherboard
8 April 27 - May 3 April 27, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Coronavirus and new surveillance norms Jasmine McNealy, tech and media scholar
9 May 4 - 10 May 4, 11 Pacific/ 2 Eastern Working with library IT to protect privacy Becky Yoose, LDH Consulting
10 May 11 - 17 May 11, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Police and ICE surveillance Myaisha Hayes, Media Justice
11 May 18 - 24 May 18, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Facial recognition/AI Varoon Mathur, AI Now Institute
12 May 25 - 31 May 25, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Rise of consumer surveillance tech Dr. Chris Gilliard, hypervisible.net
13 June 1 - 7 June 1, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern Privacy tools for organizing in these times Alison
14 June 8 - 14 June 8, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern More in-library privacy practices Chuck McAndrew
15 June 15 - 21 June 15, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern TBD TBD
16 June 22 - 28 June 22, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern TBD TBD
Weekly curriculum
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Foundational reading
Week 3: Threat modeling and privacy basics
Week 4: Privacy rights
LFI weekend! (now remote on Zoom, see link)
Week 5: Privacy for online work/learning/social environments
Week 6: Surveillance and public health
Week 7: The Amazonification of Everything
Week 8: Coronavirus and new surveillance norms
Week 9: Working with library IT to protect privacy
Week 10: Police and ICE surveillance
Week 11: Facial recognition
Week 12: Rise of consumer surveillance tech
Week 13: Privacy tools for organizing in these times (and maybe data brokers/doxxing)
Week 14: More in-library practices
Week 15: Communicating about privacy to stakeholders
Week 16: TBD