2025 Conference Schedule

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The full conference schedule is available below. The Program Descriptions page provides more details about each session. Presentation slides and session recordings will also be posted to the Program Descriptions page after the conference.

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

Note: All times are shown in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)

Monday, May 12, 2025 (Pre-Conference)
Additional registration fee required for pre-conference sessions
Eastern Time (UTC-04:00)	Track 1	Track 2
1:00 p.m.	An Overview of Notices for Local Admins (1:00 – 3:00) Presenters: Rogan Hamby (Data and Project Manager, Equinox); Steve Callender (Help Desk Manager, Equinox) Audience: General	The Future of Community College Library Management: An Evergreen Success Story (1:00 – 3:00) Presenters: Richard Garafolo (Director of Library Services, Cleveland Community College); Libby Stone (Librarian, Cleveland Community College); Staci Wilson (Executive Director, Student Opportunities and Academic Resources, Catawba Valley Community College); Charles Wiggins (Director of Library Services, Isothermal Community College) Audience: General, Management / Leadership
3:00 p.m.	BREAK TIME
3:30 p.m.	Building a better reporter through community collaboration (3:30 – 5:30) Presenters: Lena Hernandez (Product and Education Specialist, Equinox); Stephanie Leary (Front End Developer, Equinox); Andrea Buntz Neiman (Project Manager for Software Development, Equinox) Audience: End User	Developing and Implementing a Strategic Roadmap (3:30 – 5:30) Presenter: BJ Colvin (Director of ITS, KCLS) Audience: General, Management / Leadership, Technical / Developer

 

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Eastern Time (UTC-04:00)	Track 1	Track 2
11:00 a.m.	Welcome & Keynote Speaker (11:00 – 11:50) Presenter: Nick Tanzi
12:00 p.m.	Fostering a Community for Collaborative Testing (12:00 – 12:50) Presenters: Terran McCanna (PINES Program Manager, Georgia Public Library Service); Llewellyn B. Marshall V, (NC Cardinal Developer, NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources); Elizabeth Davis (Program Manager, Pennsylvania Integrated Library System) Audience: General	Batches, Baskets and Buckets (12:00 – 12:50) Presenter: Elizabeth Thomsen (Member Services Manager, NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange) Audience: General
1:00 p.m.	Sharing Data Securely (1:00 – 1:50) Presenter: Galen Charlton (Implementation and IT Manager, Equinox) Audience: Technical / Developer	Getting the Most Out of Your Stat Cats (1:00 – 1:50) Presenter: Jennifer Pringle (Co-op Support – Training Lead, BC Libraries Cooperative) Audience: Cataloging, Circulation, End User, General, New to Evergreen, Reports
2:00 p.m.	BREAK / EXHIBITOR TIME
2:30 p.m.	Exhibitor Lightning Talks
3:00 p.m.	The Evergreen Project Board presents the 2025-2028 Strategic Plan
3:45 p.m.	New and Next for Aspen Discovery and Aspen LiDA (3:45 – 4:25) Presenters: Jordan Fields (Co-Founder and Librarian, Grove); Mark Noble (Co-Founder and Aspen Architect, Grove) Audience: End User, General, New to Evergreen	Mastering Stakeholder Management: Aligning Perspectives for Success (3:45 – 5:00) Presenter: BJ Colvin (Director of ITS, KCLS) Audience: General, Management / Leadership
4:30 p.m.	Implementing the Kids’ Catalog (4:30 – 5:10) Presenter: Terran McCanna (PINES Program Manager, Georgia Public Library Service) Audience: General
5:15 p.m.	Show me the Money: Patron Bills in Evergreen (5:15 – 6:00) Presenter: Michele Morgan (Systems Support Specialist, NOBLE) Audience: Circulation, End User, General	What’s New at KCLS and Why I Love Open Source (5:15 – 6:00) Presenter: Bill Erickson (Software Development Engineer, King County Library System) Audience: Acquisitions, Circulation, End User, General, Technical / Developer
7:00 p.m.	Online Social Hour

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Eastern Time (UTC-04:00)	Track 1	Track 2
11:00 a.m.	New Features in Evergreen 3.14 and 3.15: AKA Ruth and Andrea Show, Episode 6: Muppets in Space Presenters: Ruth Frasur Davis (ECDI); Andrea Buntz Neiman (Equinox)
12:00 p.m.	Situation: There are 15 competing standards (12:00 – 12:50) Presenter: Mike Rylander (R&D Manager, Equinox Open Library Initiative) Audience: Technical/ Developer, 3rd-party product owners looking to interact with Evergreen sites	Inclusive Cataloging: one step at a time (12:00 – 12:50) Presenters: Katie Greenleaf Martin (Executive Director, PaILS) Jacob Ingalls (Copy Cataloger, Albright Memorial Library, PaILS); Matthew Vasquez Jaquith (Technical Services Supervisor, Springfield City Library); Jennifer Weston (Product and Education Manager, Equinox); Carol Witt (Bibliographic Services Supervisor, C/W MARS) Audience: Cataloging, General
1:00 p.m.	Guided Aspen Opportunities in a World of Pure Imagination (1:00 – 1:50) Presenter: Lena Hernandez (Product and Education Specialist, Equinox) Audience: General	Angular Staff Catalog Tool Update: Reviewing the Holdings Editor (again) and Introducing New Record Buckets (1:00 – 1:50) Presenters: Elizabeth Thomsen (Member Services Manager, NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange); Carol Witt (Bibliographic Services Supervisor, C/W MARS) Audience: Cataloging, General
2:00 p.m.	BREAK / EXHIBITOR TIME
2:30 p.m.	Lightning Talks
3:00 p.m.	State of the Project / Dev Update (3:00 – 3:50)
4:00 p.m.	Acquisitions Interest Group (4:00 – 4:50) Presenter: Tiffany Little (PINES Bibliographic Projects Manager) Audience: Acquisitions, Cataloging	Making It Real: Preparing for BIBFRAME in Evergreen (4:00 – 4:50) Presenters: Galen Charlton (Implementation and IT Manager, Equinox); BJ Colvin (Director of Information Technology Services, King County Library System); Jennifer Weston (Product and Education Manager, Equinox) Audience: Cataloging, Management/ Leadership
5:00 p.m.	Student Success Working Group (5:00 – 5:50) Presenter: Jennifer Pringle (Co-op Support – Training Lead, BC Libraries Cooperative) Audience: General	Cataloging Non-English Materials (5:00 – 5:50) Presenters: Leslie Gaines (Bibliographic Services Manager, Berks County Public Libraries); Jacob Ingalls (Copy Cataloger, Lackawanna County Library System); Natalie Arnold (Assistant Director, Lower Macungie Library); Danielle M. Davis (Technical Services Librarian, York County Libraries); Elizabeth Davis (Program Manager, Pennsylvania Integrated Library System) Audience: Cataloging, Circulation

Thursday, May 15, 2025 (Hackfest)
Interest Group meeting schedule during Hackfest will be posted soon!
Eastern Time (UTC-04:00)	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
Links:
11:00 – 12:30			Open Room for Dev Hackfest
12:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 3:30
3:30 – 5:00