<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Are you ready to learn more about protecting digital privacy for you and your library patrons? The Intellectual Freedom Committee is pleased to bring Alison Macrina </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">of the </span><a href="https://libraryfreedomproject.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Library Freedom Project</span></a></span> to you for an information-packed preconference session and a concurrent session at the OLA Conference in Bend. Register soon to secure your seat for Alison's preconference session, <b>Digital Privacy Toolkit</b>, on Wednesday, April 20..</span><br><br><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Alison has become one of the foremost advocates for digital privacy in the library community. You may have heard about Alison as one of Library Journal’s 2015 </span><a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/03/people/movers-shakers-2015/alison-macrina-movers-shakers-2015-advocates/#_" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Shakers and Movers</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> , in the The Nation’s article </span><a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/librarians-versus-nsa/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Librarians Versus the NSA</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> , or in her advocacy for Kilton Public Library in its</span><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/09/16/how_new_hampshire_s_lebanon_libraries_fought_back_against_dhs_fearmongering.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> battle with the Department of Homeland Security</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> over its use of the Tor network.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Alison will lead the pre-conference session </span><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Digital Privacy Toolkit </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">on <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">April 20</span></span>, <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">1 - 5 p.m.</span></span> This training will provide technology tools to help subvert digital spying from government agencies, corporate data miners, and criminal hackers. These tools address issues including</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">web tracking -- how search engines collect and store information typed into them, and how sites use scripts and cookies to collect data about our behavior on that site and follow us all over the web</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">encryption -- ways to secure and obscure communication such as texts and chats</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">password protection - making, using, and storing strong passwords with password managers</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">secure deletion of temporary files </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">private browsing -- common threats from web browsers and how to have better privacy with Tor Browser or privacy extensions,</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:15px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">online anonymity</span></p></li></ul><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There will be tools appropriate for people at all levels of technical ability, and they can be installed on library computers or taught to patrons in computer classes. Both public service and technology staff will benefit from this training.</span></span><div class=""><div id=":xx" class="" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><img class="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></span></div></div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Questions? Please contact <a href="mailto:gkwilker2@gmail.com">Garnetta Wilker</a> or <a href="mailto:rrichard@pcc.edu">Roberta Richards</a>, co-chairs of the Intellectual Freedom Committee.</span><br clear="all"></span></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
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Co-chair, Intellectual Freedom Committee, </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Oregon</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> Library Association<br>
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