I'm writing to let you all know about an un/conference at Noisebridge on June 29-30, Digital Rights in Libraries. You're all super invited, and we also have a call for volunteers (keep reading)!
We've got some killer speakers lined up: https://libraryfreedomproject.org/digital-rights-in-libraries/digital-rights-in-libraries-schedule/
For more info, please check our our press release and poster that I've pasted below! Also, the Library Freedom Project has had some fun media lately (here and here and here), if you're curious.
Additionally and importantly, we could use a few technology trainers to help with some of our open sandbox privacy tools sessions. We know a lot of librarians want to build some skills, and so in these sessions we were hoping to have ample technology trainers available to help participants learn as much as possible.
The times we're looking for people to come by and help are:
Monday, June 29 @ 2-3
Monday, June 29 @ 4-5
Tuesday, June 30 @ 2:30-3:30
Tuesday, June 30 @ 5:30-6:30
Let me know if you might be available or have any questions. Also let me know if you know someone else who might be interested. Or anything at all.
Peace. And thanks a million. <3 Oakland.
April
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Librarians
Convene With Leading Anti-Surveillance Advocates and
Technologists In San Francisco to Defend Digital Rights â
June 29-30, 2015
Librarians,
technologists, and privacy activists and are gathering in San
Francisco on June 29-30 to strategize about initiatives to
protect reader privacy, reform digital lending, combat
censorship, and champion access to information technology in
light of emerging concerns over government surveillance,
censorship, and other forms of electronic exploitation of
personal data.
The two-day
event, which will take place at San Francisco's iconic
Noisebridge hackerspace, falls directly after the American
Library Association's Annual Conference; it's also being held in
San Francisco this year.
Attorneys from
the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier
Foundation, who are leading lawsuits challenging the legality of
the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs, will
present, along with experts on copyright and the future of
digital lending from Creative Commons and the Internet Archive.
Technologists from the Freedom of the Press Foundation (where
Edward Snowden is a board member) and Mozilla will be onsite
providing in-depth technology training at the hackerspace. The
event also features librarians from a number of libraries,
including the San Francisco and Oakland Public Library systems,
as well as Oakland-based Hack the Hood, speaking on the
challenges of providing access to technology and training for
Bay Area youth.
Librarians have
long been working on the front lines of information activism and
their communities' right to research. Whether by providing
access to technology and the Internet, as well as free
education, or by standing firm for over a decade as staunch
opponents of the USA PATRIOT Act, librarians are at the
grassroots of the Internet freedom debate and are uniquely
plugged into serving the information needs of local communities,
especially those that lack technological or financial resources.
The conference
is being organized by the Library Freedom Project, a recent
grantee from the Knight Foundation that is a partnership among
librarians, technologists, attorneys, and advocates to teach
librarians about surveillance threats, digital rights, and
privacy-protecting technology. The Nation Magazine recently
featured the work of the Library Freedom Project as a
cover story.
What: "Digital Rights in Libraries"
Date: June 29-30, 2015
Where: Noisebridge hackerspace, 2269 Mission Street; San
Francisco
Website: https://libraryfreedomproject.org/digital-rights-in-libraries/digital-rights-in-libraries-schedule
Contact:
Alison Macrina
alison@libraryfreedomproject.org
April Glaser
april@libraryfreedomproject.org
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