Free Resources
Posters, bookmarks, presentations, and more resources to help with teaching and promoting information democracy, privacy, and intellectual freedom.
All resources are licensed CC-BY-NC (NC in an attempt to avoid AI slop).
→ LFP Vimeo recordings: Recordings of some past trainings and lectures
→ “Why can’t I stop looking at my phone?”: Explainer on tech addiction for a general audience
→ Critical AI talking points: For library workers pushing back on AI hype
→ Data privacy best practices tipsheet: A quick reference for library workers
→ Avoiding digital scams tipsheet | En Español: For general audiences to avoid scams and fraud
→ All about data brokers explainer: For general audiences to understand how data is bought and sold online
→ Privacy 101: ad-blocking tipsheet: For general audiences to understand how and why to block ads
→ Privacy 101: fundamentals tipsheet: For general audiences to understand privacy starting points
→ Privacy 101: avoiding scams tipsheet: For general audiences, a shorter tipsheet on avoiding scams (longer one is linked above)
→ Privacy 101: permissions tipsheet: For general audiences to understand application permissions and privacy
→ Privacy 101: data minimization tipsheet: For general audiences to understand how and why to minimize data
→ Privacy 101: messaging basics tipsheet: For general audiences to understand secure messaging
→ Remove AI search result: For general audiences as a social media share
→ Is Signal safe?: For general audiences as a social media share
→ Facial recognition basics tipsheet | En Español: For general audiences to understand the threats of facial recognition technology
→ Facial recognition basics poster | En Español: For general audiences to understand the threats of facial recognition technology in depth
→ What is a cookie? tipsheet | En Español: For general audiences to understand what “cookies” are in the digital sense
→ Anti-Amazon Ring flyer: For general audiences to understand the threats of putting an online camera on your door
→ AI Ethics explainer: bookmark outlining the basics of many ethical issues with Artificial Intelligence
→ From the Ocean to Your Computer :bookmark about internet hardware, resource consumption, and governance
→ Privacy book recs: sci-fi and speculative fiction: recommended readings in the sci-fi realm!
→ Privacy Mini Modules: a series of mini privacy modules, aimed at library workers who wish to teach about privacy
→ Privacy Mini Modules Facilitator’s Guide
→ Finsta issue 1: Issue 1 in a zine series for youth to understand Big Data issues
→ Finsta issue 2: Issue 2 in a zine series for youth to understand Big Data issues
→ Finsta issue 3: Issue 3 in a zine series for youth to understand Big Data issues
→ Threat modeling zine: For general audiences to understand the concept of “threat modeling” or personalizing privacy
→ Passwords zine: For general audiences to understand how to make strong passwords
→ Scams and fraud zine: For general audiences to help protect themselves against scams
Anti-doxxing in academia toolkit:
→ Preventative measures against doxxing: For academic workers to support harm reduction against doxxing and harassment
→ Emergency protocols against doxxing: An emergency checklist for academic workers experiencing doxxing or online harassment right now
→ Advice for institutions and advocates in supporting at-risk scholars: For academic workers, especially those in leadership, to understand the threats to academia posed by online harassment and doxxing
→ Talking points for communicating with admin about doxxing: For academic workers
→ Protect yourself from abuse poster : advice for dealing with online abuse, stalking, social engineering: For general audiences
→ Guide to online harassment booklet: For general audiences
→ Stalkerware flyer in English | En Español: For general audiences
→ Library privacy audit best practices: For library workers
→ Running a library privacy audit: For library workers
→ Library privacy policy template: For library workers
→ Tipsheet for responding to law enforcement in the library: For library workers
→ Questions to ask vendors about AI: For e-resources library workers
→ Questions to ask vendors about privacy and security: For e-resources library workers
→ Checklist to audit vendor policies for privacy and security: For e-resources library workers
→ 2018 Vendor privacy policy scorecard: An analysis of library vendor privacy policies that we conducted in 2018, three years after the publication of the NISO Consensus Principles were created in collaboration between vendors and librarians
→ Intellectual freedom talking points and messaging: For library workers who need support with messaging around intellectual freedom
→ Responding to “First Amendment Audits”: For library workers
→ Library values for board members: For library board members to help understand the values of librarianship
→ Evaluating health info flyer | En Español: For general audiences who wish to understand health info and misinfo
→ Quick guide to HIPAA and ADA: For general audiences who wish to understand the privacy implications of health policy
Sam Buechler
LFP Member
As an academic librarian I’m frequently having to explain to administrators why I won’t collect patron and library use data – LFP has provided me with the knowledge, skills, and community to do this effectively.