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General theme

  • imagining the future, contending with the reality of the present

Roles

  • moderation
  • transcription
  • facilitation
  • time keeping
  • note taking
  • community agreements/code of ethics for the conf
  • opening/closing readings


Ideas for sessions

  • all sessions should recognize the gravity of our current situation
  • collective action focused, call to action at the end of each session, ideas for more systemic action
  • risk-taking (strategic)
  • labor relations and libraries/organizing 101
  • LFP history/background/vision
  • how the big tech platforms are gaining now and what libraries can do
  • "fuck Melvil Dewey" -- about abusive bosses or about dewey's legacy in particular
  • fighting/preparing for coming austerity
  • what do our services look like now
  • privacy and surveillance in online learning/teaching/working environments
  • inequity in online learning/teaching/working environments
  • self-advocacy
  • broadband access
  • how did librarians come to oppose the USA PATRIOT Act? and what happened after? more library history
  • social justice library history with Elaine, Tom, Al, Jenna, etc
  • disinformation and the election (Bernie media blackout and what this means)
  • every session should have a call to action and a way of following up with participants
  • thinking big, incorporating big demands into small actions
  • something with Evan Greer
  • disinfo topics
  • how to pick battles/focusing on what we can change
  • low morale/emotional and physical impact of the stress and expectations of this moment
  • powermapping/support and community building around advocacy
  • changing the library narrative
  • transformative librarianship - how to fight back against information that has been shaped to benefit the ruling class and reinforce various supremacies & privilege
  • redefining and challenging the limits of traditional library “outreach” - what are we actually doing to welcome groups/people who have been categorically dismissed or ignored/underserved by our systems?

Schedule (all times eastern)

August 10: Surveillance and privacy (part one)
11:45 am - 12 pm welcome
12 - 12:45 pm
12:45 - 1 pm break
1 - 1:45 pm
1:45 - 2 pm announcements
2 - 3 pm break
3 - 3:45 pm
3: 45 - 4 pm announcements
4 - 4:45 pm
4:45 - 5 pm closing
August 11: Surveillance and privacy (part two)
11:45 am - 12 pm welcome
12 - 12:45 pm
12:45 - 1 pm break
1 - 1:45 pm
1:45 - 2 pm announcements
2 - 3 pm break
3 - 3:45 pm
3: 45 - 4 pm announcements
4 - 4:45 pm
4:45 - 5 pm closing
August 12: Democracy and disinformation
11:45 am - 12 pm welcome
12 - 12:45 pm
12:45 - 1 pm break
1 - 1:45 pm
1:45 - 2 pm announcements
2 - 3 pm break
3 - 3:45 pm
3: 45 - 4 pm announcements
4 - 4:45 pm
4:45 - 5 pm closing
August 13: Advocacy and organizing
9:45 - 10 am welcome
10 - 10:45 am
10:45 - 11 am break
11 - 11:45 am
11:45 am - noon announcements
12 - 1 pm break
1 - 1:45 pm
1: 45 - 2 pm announcements
2 - 2:45 pm
2:45 - 3 pm closing


August 14: A better future is possible
11:45 am - 12 pm welcome
12 - 12:45 pm
12:45 - 1 pm break
1 - 1:45 pm
1:45 - 2 pm announcements
2 - 3 pm break
3 - 3:45 pm
3: 45 - 4 pm announcements
4 - 4:45 pm
4:45 - 5 pm closing