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=== Week 1: Introduction ===
 
=== Week 1: Introduction ===
* Real time lecture: March 9, 11 Pacific/2 Eastern on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/9129428892
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* Real time lecture: Friday May 17, 2-4PM Eastern / 11-1PM Pacific on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/9129428892
  
* Welcome everyone! We’re so thrilled to be starting Library Freedom Institute with such an excellent cohort! This week, we’ll be getting acquainted with the course, including curriculum, technology, goals, and each other.   
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* Welcome everyone! We’re so thrilled to be starting Library Freedom Institute with such an excellent cohort! This month, we’ll be getting acquainted with the course, including curriculum, technology, goals, and each other.   
  
 
==== Course overview ====
 
==== Course overview ====
 
===== Course themes =====
 
===== Course themes =====
* WE ARE STILL IN A PANDEMIC
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* Surveillance capitalism: politics, ideology, and money behind technologies
* LFP mission and history
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* Privacy and intellectual freedom with a justice-based approach, not just a rights-based approach
* Surveillance capitalism
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* Privacy strategies and tools with a harm reduction lens
* Harm reduction
 
* Power on the internet
 
* Privacy strategies and tools
 
 
* Individual vs collective action
 
* Individual vs collective action
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===== LFP background =====
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* Tess intro
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* Alison intro
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* Brief LFP history
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* How LFI came about
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* What to expect
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===== Syllabus and weekly layout =====
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* Undergo intensive training (6 months, 1-2 hours/week)
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* Monthly commitments: lecture, discussion, readings, tasks, small group work.
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* Schedule overview: https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_Course_Materials_4#Schedule_overview
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* Monthly meetings are a mix of lecture and discussion, so please be ready to participate each week!
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* Tasks and discussions are things you’re expected to complete every month. There aren’t other assignments except for the final projects you’ll present either alone or with your small group. We’ll check in halfway through about the status of those projects, and when that happens you can share drafts or just outlines or thoughts.
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* Let Tess know if you need to be absent from one of the real-time lectures for any reason.
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* Review [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_Course_Materials/Code_of_Conduct code of conduct].
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===== Class technology =====
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* Discord channel for discussion (LFI participants will be given a link)
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* Zoom video/audio chat/recordings (Zoom meeting ID 912-942-8892)
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* Riseup mailing list: [email protected]
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* Wiki: libraryfreedom.wiki (register an account)
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* Vimeo archive of lectures: https://vimeo.com/libraryfreedominstitute
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Please note that all class technology (with the exception of Discord) is publicly accessible! That means that the mailing list archives and wiki can all be viewed by others. We’ve set it up this way so that the materials we create can easily be shared.
  
 
===== Outcomes for this cohort =====
 
===== Outcomes for this cohort =====
* Learn to use privacy software that can be installed on patron machines or library workstations
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* Learn to use privacy software that can be installed on patron machines or library workstations.
 
* Teach your own train-the-trainer workshops to other librarians in your region.
 
* Teach your own train-the-trainer workshops to other librarians in your region.
 
* Approach members of your community regarding privacy concerns and teach privacy-related community workshops.
 
* Approach members of your community regarding privacy concerns and teach privacy-related community workshops.
 
* Use your new role as a Privacy Advocate to influence policy and infrastructure.
 
* Use your new role as a Privacy Advocate to influence policy and infrastructure.
* Encourage community engagement with privacy policy issues
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* Encourage community engagement with privacy policy issues.
* Work with your small group to develop a privacy plan that can be implemented in your library or others
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* Work with your small group to develop a privacy plan that can be implemented in your library or others.
  
 
===== Final projects =====
 
===== Final projects =====
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* Other ideas that the group wishes to add can be submitted when the group submits their roles, or can be added later
 
* Other ideas that the group wishes to add can be submitted when the group submits their roles, or can be added later
  
Your final project should be practically-focused and should reflect your own interests! You can see examples of the last cohort's final projects on the [https://libraryfreedom.org/index.php/resources/ LFP website].
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Your final project should be practically-focused and should reflect your own interests! You can see examples of previous final projects on the [https://libraryfreedom.org/index.php/resources/ LFP website].
  
===== Small groups for final projects (we can reorganize as needed) =====
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===== Small groups for final projects (TBD) =====
* Group 1: Frans Albarillo, Katie Anderson, Eliza Bettinger, Callan Bignoli (academic librarians part one)
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* Small group work proved to be really difficult in the third cohort because of the pandemic. Let's discuss how we want to organize our final projects, whether small groups might work for some of us and some other method might work for the rest.
* Group 2: Meredith Farkas, Ray Pun, Laura Savage, Mark Swartz, James Watson (academic librarians part two)
 
* Group 3: Jennifer Bruneau, Emily Mitchell, Alexandra Bernson, Marisa Reichert, Nancy Shah (public librarians east)
 
* Group 4: Stephanie Howell, Sam Helmick, Douglas King, Heather Boothby Meyer, Holly Mills, Ryan Tackabury (public librarians west/midwest)
 
* Group 5: Athanasia Fitos, Robin Fay, Mack Freeman (public librarians south)  
 
 
 
===== Syllabus and weekly layout =====
 
* Undergo intensive training (4 months, 5 hours/week)
 
* Weekly commitments: lecture, discussion, readings, tasks, small group work.
 
* Tasks are things you’re expected to complete every week. There aren’t other assignments except for the final projects you’ll present with your small group. We’ll check in every few weeks about the status of those projects, and when that happens you can share drafts or just outlines or thoughts.  
 
* Let Alison know if you need to be absent from one of the real-time lectures, or if you need to miss a whole week for any reason.
 
* Review [https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_Course_Materials/Code_of_Conduct code of conduct].
 
 
 
===== Class technology =====
 
* Discourse messageboard: libraryfreedom.chat (register an account)
 
* Zoom video/audio chat/recordings (Zoom meeting ID 912-942-8892)
 
* Riseup mailing list: [email protected]
 
* Wiki: libraryfreedom.wiki (register an account)
 
* Vimeo archive of lectures: https://vimeo.com/libraryfreedominstitute
 
Please note that all class technology is publicly accessible! That means that the mailing list archives, messageboard, and wiki can all be viewed by anyone. I’ve set it up this way so that the materials we create can easily be shared, but also, I understand that sometimes we might want to talk amongst ourselves, so I’ve created a “private” category on the Discourse messageboard that’s only viewable to our group. You can use this category whenever you want to talk about something that you don’t want the whole world to see.  
 
  
 
==== This week only! ====
 
==== This week only! ====
 
===== Readings =====  
 
===== Readings =====  
We won't be discussing these readings until week 2! But there are a lot, so you have two weeks to read them.
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We won't be discussing these readings until Month 2!  
 
 
[https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/INF3700/v17/bakgrunnsnotat/the_surveillant_assemblage.pdf The Surveillant Assemblage, Kevin D. Haggerty and Richard V. Ericson]
 
 
 
[https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1621&context=asc_papers Review of Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness by Simone Browne]
 
 
 
[https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence A Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow] (read before reading The Californian Ideology)
 
 
 
[https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideology The Californian Ideology by Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron] (read after reading A Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace)
 
 
 
[https://www.wired.com/1997/02/ffharaway/ You are Cyborg (profile of Donna Haraway)]
 
 
 
[https://gist.github.com/kolber/2131643 Pandora's Vox: On Community in Cyberspace by humdog]
 
 
 
[https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-surveillance-capitalism-book-review/ None of Your Business (review of Shoshana Zuboff's The Age of Surveillance Capitalism]
 
 
 
[https://www.eurozine.com/sad-by-design/ Sad by Design by Geert Lovink]
 
 
 
[https://logicmag.io/bodies/another-network-is-possible/ Another Network is Possible by April Glaser]
 
 
 
[https://www.internetsociety.org/internet/history-internet/brief-history-internet/ A Brief History of the Internet (from Internet Society)]
 
  
[https://mashable.com/2014/06/05/edward-snowden-revelations/ The Ten Biggest Revelations from the Edward Snowden Leaks]
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LINKS TO COME
  
 
===== Guest lecturer =====
 
===== Guest lecturer =====
No guest this week; Alison will lead the lecture
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No guest this week; Tess will lead the lecture
  
 
===== Discussion =====
 
===== Discussion =====
* What are your personal goals for this course?
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* What do you think your focus or final project might be? (Note: You don't have to know precisely at this point!)
  
 
===== Tasks =====  
 
===== Tasks =====  
* Lecture, readings and discussion forum
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* Lecture, readings and discussion forum on Discord
* Create libraryfreedom.chat and libraryfreedom.wiki accounts (let Alison know if you need training)
 
 
* Read through materials on libraryfreedom.wiki
 
* Read through materials on libraryfreedom.wiki
* Start readings for next week
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* Start readings for Month 2
* Your travel for Philly should be booked by now!!!
 

Latest revision as of 16:06, 22 May 2024

Week 1: Introduction[edit]

  • Welcome everyone! We’re so thrilled to be starting Library Freedom Institute with such an excellent cohort! This month, we’ll be getting acquainted with the course, including curriculum, technology, goals, and each other.

Course overview[edit]

Course themes[edit]
  • Surveillance capitalism: politics, ideology, and money behind technologies
  • Privacy and intellectual freedom with a justice-based approach, not just a rights-based approach
  • Privacy strategies and tools with a harm reduction lens
  • Individual vs collective action
LFP background[edit]
  • Tess intro
  • Alison intro
  • Brief LFP history
  • How LFI came about
  • What to expect
Syllabus and weekly layout[edit]
  • Undergo intensive training (6 months, 1-2 hours/week)
  • Monthly commitments: lecture, discussion, readings, tasks, small group work.
  • Schedule overview: https://libraryfreedom.wiki/html/public_html/index.php/LFI_Course_Materials_4#Schedule_overview
  • Monthly meetings are a mix of lecture and discussion, so please be ready to participate each week!
  • Tasks and discussions are things you’re expected to complete every month. There aren’t other assignments except for the final projects you’ll present either alone or with your small group. We’ll check in halfway through about the status of those projects, and when that happens you can share drafts or just outlines or thoughts.
  • Let Tess know if you need to be absent from one of the real-time lectures for any reason.
  • Review code of conduct.
Class technology[edit]

Please note that all class technology (with the exception of Discord) is publicly accessible! That means that the mailing list archives and wiki can all be viewed by others. We’ve set it up this way so that the materials we create can easily be shared.

Outcomes for this cohort[edit]
  • Learn to use privacy software that can be installed on patron machines or library workstations.
  • Teach your own train-the-trainer workshops to other librarians in your region.
  • Approach members of your community regarding privacy concerns and teach privacy-related community workshops.
  • Use your new role as a Privacy Advocate to influence policy and infrastructure.
  • Encourage community engagement with privacy policy issues.
  • Work with your small group to develop a privacy plan that can be implemented in your library or others.
Final projects[edit]

The final project will be a comprehensive privacy plan for a library. Every group will work together on components of the final project. This final project should choose from and expand on the following components:

  • A library privacy policy and/or example vendor agreement
  • A privacy class
  • A privacy program that isn't a class
  • A display about privacy
  • A flyer or poster about a privacy concept
  • A staff training
  • Something focused on privacy work outside of the library walls, like a letter to a legislator
  • Other ideas that the group wishes to add can be submitted when the group submits their roles, or can be added later

Your final project should be practically-focused and should reflect your own interests! You can see examples of previous final projects on the LFP website.

Small groups for final projects (TBD)[edit]
  • Small group work proved to be really difficult in the third cohort because of the pandemic. Let's discuss how we want to organize our final projects, whether small groups might work for some of us and some other method might work for the rest.

This week only![edit]

Readings[edit]

We won't be discussing these readings until Month 2!

LINKS TO COME

Guest lecturer[edit]

No guest this week; Tess will lead the lecture

Discussion[edit]
  • What do you think your focus or final project might be? (Note: You don't have to know precisely at this point!)
Tasks[edit]
  • Lecture, readings and discussion forum on Discord
  • Read through materials on libraryfreedom.wiki
  • Start readings for Month 2