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2022 Evergreen Conference Schedule
The full conference schedule is available below. See the Program Descriptions page for more details about each session.

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

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

Monday, June 13, 2022 (Pre-Conference)

Additional registration fee required.
Eastern Time (UTC-04:00)

Track 1

Track 2

1:00 p.m. SQL for Librarians
(1:00 – 3:00)
Rogan Hamby, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Audience: Technical – Intermediate
The Visually Impaired Person and the Pachyderm –
Finding your way around the Evergreen Project

(1:00 – 3:00)
Michele Morgan, NOBLE
Audience: General
3:00 p.m. BREAK TIME
3:30 p.m. Filling in the Gaps:
DIG’s Documentation Review and How You Can Help

(3:30 – 5:30)
Gina Monti, Bibliomation
Andrea Buntz Neiman, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Jennifer Pringle, BC Libraries Cooperative

Audience: General
Exploring and Using
the Evergreen API

(3:30 – 5:30)
Galen Charlton, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Audience: Technical / Developer

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Eastern Time (UTC-04:00)

Track 1

Track 2

12:00 p.m. EXHIBITOR HOURS
General Exhibitor Hours are 12pm – 4pm Eastern Time
12:15 p.m. Welcome & Keynote Speaker
1:30 p.m. We Have Ideas: Taking Off in Launchpad
(1:30 – 2:00)
Ruth Frasur, Indiana State Library
Terran McCanna, PINES
Katie Greenleaf Martin, PaILS
Audience: General
System Administrator
Interest Group
(1:30 – 2:30)
Chris Sharp, PINES
Audience: Technical/Developer
2:00 p.m. Spicing up Evergreen with ChiliPAC
(2:00 – 2:30)
Katherine Dannehl, PaILS
Scott Johnson, ChiliFresh
Juris Poseika, ChiliFresh

Audience: General
2:30 p.m. BREAK / EXHIBITOR TIME
3:00 p.m. Lightning Talks
3:30 p.m. Going Fine Free
(3:30 – 4:00)
Rogan Hamby, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Audience: Management/Leadership
Acquisitions
Interest Group
(3:30 – 4:30)
Tiffany Little, PINES
Audience: Acquisitions
4:00 p.m. An Introduction to User Experience
(4:00 – 4:30)
Gina Monti, Bibliomation
Audience: Technical/Developer
4:30 p.m. Open Source — Software and Beyond
(4:30 – 5:30)
Equinox: Angela Kilsdonk, Jennifer Weston
PaILS: Elizabeth Davis, Katie Greenleaf Martin

Audience: General
Circulation
Interest Group
(4:30 – 5:30)
Dawn Dale, PINES
Audience: Circulation

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Eastern Time (UTC-04:00)

Track 1

Track 2

12:00 p.m. EXHIBITOR HOURS
General Exhibitor Hours are 12pm – 4pm Eastern Time
12:30 p.m. Thanks for Nothing:
Nullability Selection in Evergreen Reports
(12:30 – 1:30)
Jessica Woolford, Bibliomation
Audience: Reports
Speed Up Receiving with
Automated Shipment Notifications
(12:30 – 1:30)
Bill Erickson, King County Library System
Paula Allen, King County Library System

Audience: Acquisitions – Intermediate
1:30 p.m. Evergreen Datawork 101
(1:30 – 2:30)
Chris Sharp, PINES
Audience: Technical/Developer
Batches, Baskets, Buckets, Bookbags, and Carousels
(1:30 – 2:30)
Elizabeth Thomsen, NOBLE
Audience: General
2:30 p.m. BREAK / EXHIBITOR TIME
3:00 p.m. Lightning Talks
3:30 p.m. What We Wish We Knew Then:
Getting Started with Acquisitions
(3:30 – 4:30)
Tiffany Little, PINES
Jennifer Pringle, BC Libraries Cooperative
Audience: Acquisitions – Novice
Consortium Leaders’ Interest Group
(3:30 – 4:30)
Benjamin Murphy, N.C. Cardinal
Audience: Management/Leadership
4:30 p.m. Cataloging for the Non-cataloger: How knowing cataloging can help you in your library job
(4:30 – 5:30)
Kate Coleman, Jefferson County Library, Missouri
Audience: General
Living the Life Elastic
(4:30 – 5:30)
Bill Erickson, King County Library System
Audience: General
6:00 p.m. Virtual Social Hour

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Eastern Time (UTC-04:00)

Track 1

Track 2

11:00 a.m. Branches on the Evergreen Tree: New Feature Highlights for 3.8 and 3.9
Ruth Frasur, Indiana State Library; Andrea Buntz Neiman, Equinox Open Library Initiative
12:00 p.m. BREAK / EXHIBITOR TIME
General Exhibitor Hours are 12pm – 4pm Eastern Time
12:30 p.m. I am a Paraprofessional Girl/Guy in a Professional World
(12:30 – 1:30)
Dawn Dale, PINES
Audience: General
Collecting Ideas:
Imagining the Future of Collection Development
(12:30 – 1:30)
Rogan Hamby, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Jennifer Weston, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Audience: General
1:30 p.m. How I went from a Librarian to a Systems Specialist
(1:30 – 2:00)
Gina Monti, Bibliomation
Audience: General
Reports Interest Group
(1:30 – 2:30)
Jessica Woolford, Bibliomation
Audience: Reports
2:00 p.m. Exploring Replacing Ejabberd/XMPP For OpenSRF
(2:00 – 2:30)
Bill Erickson, King County Library System
Audience: Technical/Developer
2:30 p.m. BREAK / EXHIBITOR TIME
3:00 p.m. Developing & Implementing Curbside Pickup Services
(3:00 – 4:00)
Angie Devers, Emmaus Public Library
Katie Greenleaf Martin, PaILS
Angela Kilsdonk, Equinox Open Library Initiative
Audience: End User
Cataloging Interest Group
(3:00 – 4:00)
J. Elaine Hardy, PINES
Jennifer Weston, Equinox Open Library Initiative

Audience: Cataloging
4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks and Developers’ Update

Friday, June 17, 2022 (Hackfest)

Free admission — Requires separate registration
Eastern Time

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

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.
Authority-Fest
Facilitator:  Jennifer Weston
Host: Cataloging Interest Group

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (ET)