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2021 Evergreen Conference Schedule
The full conference schedule grid is available below.  See the Program Descriptions page for more details about each session and to access links to presentation slides and video recordings.

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Monday, May 24, 2021 (Pre-Conference)

Additional registration fee required.
Eastern Time

Track 1

Track 2

12:00 p.m. Anonymous in the Forest: Personally-Identifying Information in Evergreen
Rogan Hamby, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Audience: General
Hungry Hungry Space Hippos: A Journey Further Into the Ever-Expanding Universe of How Holds Work in Evergreen
Angela Kilsdonk, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Andrea Buntz Neiman, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Mike Rylander, Equinox Open Library Initiative

Audience: End User
2:00 p.m. BREAK
2:30 p.m. AsciiDoc and Antora
Lynn Floyd, Indiana State Library
Blake Graham-Henderson, MOBIUS

Audience: Documentation
Making the Most of Evergreen Reports
Chris Sharp, PINES
Audience: Reports

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Eastern Time

Track 1

Track 2

11:00 a.m. Welcome & Keynote Speaker
12:00 p.m. EXHIBITOR HOURS
General Exhibitor Hours are 12pm – 4pm ET
Specific Exhibitor Hours:

Midwest Tape (12pm – 4pm)
Quipu Group (12pm – 4pm)

Stat Courier (12:30-1:00 pm and 3:00-3:30 pm)
Unique Management (Demo sessions at 2pm & 3pm)
12:30 p.m. BREAK / EXHIBITOR TIME
1:00 p.m. Connecting Evergreen to External Services
Rogan Hamby, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Audience: New to Evergreen
Building Our Collage: How Evergreen’s Documentation Works
Jane Sandberg, Linn-Benton Community College

Audience: Documentation
2:00 p.m. Picture Perfect: Icons in Evergreen
Kate Coleman, Jefferson County Library, Missouri Evergreen
Jennifer Weston, Equinox Open Library Initiative

Audience: Cataloging
System Administrator Interest Group
Chris Sharp, PINES

Audience: Technical/Developer
3:00 p.m. BREAK / EXHIBITOR TIME
3:30 p.m. Lightning Talks
4:00 p.m. It’s a Feature, Not a Bug: New Feature Highlights for 3.6 and 3.7
Andrea Buntz Neiman, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Ruth Frasur, Indiana State Library

Audience: General
Resource Sharing Using Geolocation in North Carolina
Llewellyn Marshall, N.C. Cardinal
Audience: Technical/Developer
5:00 p.m. Serials Interest Group
Erica Rohlfs, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Audience: General
From Pandemics to Power Outages: How Evergreen Can Help Libraries Handle Closings with Grace
Katie Greenleaf Martin, Altoona District Libraries
Heather Lindskold, Altoona Area Public Library
Jennifer Bruch, Pennsylvania Integrated Library System

Audience: Management/Leadership

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Eastern Time

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Track 2

11:00 a.m. Localization Is So Much More Than Just Translation
Eva Cerninakova, Jabok Library, Czech Republic
Linda Jansová, Osvobozená knihovna, z. s., Czech Republic
Audience: General
Welcome to Evergreen!
Terran McCanna, PINES

Ruth Frasur, Indiana State Library
Jason Boyer, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Audience: New to Evergreen
12:00 p.m. EXHIBITOR HOURS
General Exhibitor Hours are 12pm – 4pm ET
Specific Exhibitor Hours:

Midwest Tape (12pm – 4pm)
Quipu Group (12pm – 4pm)

Equinox Open Library Initiative (Demo session at 12:30pm)
Stat Courier (2:00-2:30 pm)
Unique Management (Demo sessions at 2pm & 3pm)

12:00 p.m. Student Success Interest Group
Elizabeth Thomsen, NOBLE
Audience: End User
“Train up Catalogers in the Way They Should Go”–Rethinking Permissions, Education, and Certification
Jonathan Moore, Wyomissing Public Library

Audience: Cataloging
1:00 p.m. Curbside and Other Delivery and Outreach Ideas
Dawn Dale, PINES
Jennifer Bruch, Pennsylvania Integrated Library System

Audience: End User
Grow Your Own Evergreen! Exploring, Hacking, and Testing On Your Very Own Test System
Michele Morgan, NOBLE

Audience: General
2:00 p.m. BREAK / EXHIBITOR TIME
2:30 p.m. Lightning Talks
3:00 p.m. Ask Not What Evergreen Can Do For You
Rogan Hamby (Outreach), Tiffany Little (Acquisitions), Terran McCanna (New Developers), Elizabeth Thomsen (Student Success), Jennifer Weston (Cataloging), Jessica Woolford (Reports)
Audience: General
Consortium Leaders’ Interest Group
Benjamin Murphy, N.C. Cardinal
Audience: Management/Leadership
4:00 p.m. Cataloging Interest Group
J. Elaine Hardy, PINES
Jennifer Weston, Equinox Open Library Initiative

Audience: Cataloging
Unpredictability is the New Predictability: Evergreen Serials Module Walkthrough
Erica Rohlfs, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Audience: End User
5:00 p.m. The Angular Files: New Interfaces Around the Corner
Bill Erickson, King County Library System
Audience: General
7:00 p.m. Virtual Social Hour

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Eastern Time

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Track 2

11:00 a.m. Acquisitions IG
Tiffany Little, PINES
Audience: Acquisitions
The First Year
Lynn Floyd, Indiana State Library
Audience: Technical/Developer
12:00 p.m. EXHIBITOR HOURS
General Exhibitor Hours are 12pm – 4pm ET
Specific Exhibitor Hours:

Midwest Tape (12pm – 4pm)
Quipu Group (12pm – 4pm)

Equinox Open Library Initiative (Demo session at 12:30pm)

Stat Courier (2:00-2:30 pm)
Unique Management (Demo sessions at 2pm & 3pm)

12:00 p.m. Circulation Interest Group
Dawn Dale, PINES
Audience: Circulation
Acquisitions Workflow Roundtable
Sarah Childs, Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library, IN

Angela Kilsdonk, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Jennifer Pringle, BC Libraries Cooperative
Audience: Acquisitions
1:00 p.m. STAFF_CHR: Standing Penalties and Group Penalty Thresholds
Erica Rohlfs, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Audience: End User
Intro to Launchpad
Terran McCanna, PINES

Audience: New to Evergreen
2:00 p.m. BREAK / EXHIBITOR TIME
2:30 p.m. Catalogers Organizing Locally
J. Elaine Hardy, PINES; Jessica Philyaw, Jackson County Public Library, NC; Janet Schrader, C/W MARS; Jennifer Weston, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Audience: Cataloging
Reports Interest Group
Jessica Woolford, Bibliomation
Audience: Reports
3:30 p.m. Batches, Baskets, Buckets, Bookbags, and Carousels
Elizabeth Thomsen, NOBLE
Audience: General
Beyond the Stand Alone Bib
Rogan Hamby, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Jennifer Weston, Equinox Open Library Initiative

Audience: Cataloging
4:30 p.m. Implications of Earwyrms for Evergreen Metadata
Galen Charlton, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Audience: Cataloging
Let’s Take a Spin! Using Carousels in Your Library
Millissa Macomber, Burlington Public Library, WA
Rachel Gage, Burlington Public Library, WA

Audience: General
5:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Developers’ Update

Friday, May 28, 2021 (Hackfest)

Free admission — Requires separate registration
Eastern Time

Track 1

Track 2

10:00 a.m. Development Hackfest
Facilitator:  Jason Boyer
Hackfest rooms open all day for drop in collaboration.
Documentation Hackfest
Facilitator:  Debbie Luchenbill
Hackfest rooms open all day for drop in collaboration.