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2024 Evergreen Conference Schedule
The full conference schedule is available below. See the Program Descriptions page for more details about each session.
Presentation slides and session recordings will also be posted to the Program Descriptions page.

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

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

Monday, April 22, 2024 (Pre-Conference)

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

Track 1

Track 2

1:00 p.m. Acquisitions Boot Camp
(1:00 – 3:00)
Ruth Frasur Davis, Evergreen Indiana & ECDI,
Samantha O’Connor, NC Cardinal

Audience: Acquisitions/Cataloging
Redis and Beyond
(1:00 – 3:00)
Bill Erickson, King County Library System
Audience: Technical/Developer
3:00 p.m. BREAK TIME
3:30 p.m. All About Scheduling Evergreen Upgrades and Training for Your Library/Consortium
(3:30 – 5:30)
Gina Monti, Bibliomation; Elizabeth Davis, PaILS/Spark;
Jennifer Pringle, BC Libraries Cooperative

Audience: General
Data, Data, Everywhere
(3:30 – 5:30)
Kathy Lussier, NOBLE
Audience: General

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Eastern Time (UTC-04:00)

Track 1

Track 2

11:00 a.m. Welcome & Keynote Speaker
(11:00 – 11:50)
Richard Littauer, organizer of SustainOSS and host of the Sustain Podcast
12:00 p.m. A Beginner’s Guide
to Evergreen Permissions

(12:00 – 12:50)
Susan Morrison, PINES
Audience: General
Bins and Bags and Boxes: Resource Sharing Infrastructure and its Challenges
(12:00 – 12:50)
Katie Greenleaf Martin, PaILS; Ruth Frasur Davis, Evergreen Indiana & ECDI; Joe Knueven, Wilmington Public Library; Galen Charlton, Equinox
Audience: Management/Leader
1:00 p.m. Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Hold Targeter Geolocation Follow-up
(1:00 – 1:30)
Llewellyn Marshall, NC Cardinal
Audience: General
Meet the List Maker
(1:00 – 2:00)Elizabeth Thomsen, NOBLEMartha Driscoll, NOBLEAudience: General
1:30 p.m. I’ll Have what MARC’s Having
(1:30 – 2:00)
Bill Erickson, King County Library System
Audience: Cataloging
2:00 p.m. BREAK / EXHIBITOR TIME
2:30 p.m. Exhibitor Lightning Talks
3:00 p.m. Consortial Leaders Interest Group
(3:00 – 3:50)
Benjamin Murphy, NC Cardinal
Audience: Interest Group
Authorities in Evergreen: you can too!
(3:00 – 3:50)
Jessica Efron, Cataloger, State Library of North Carolina
Audience: Cataloging
4:00 p.m. Using Aspen as Your Evergreen OPAC
(4:00 – 4:50)
Ruth Frasur Davis, Evergreen Indiana & ECDI;
Rogan Hamby, Equinox

Audience: General
Series, Serials, Pieces and Parts
(4:00 – 4:50)
Elizabeth Thomsen, NOBLE; Carol Witt, C/W Mars
Audience: Cataloging
5:00 p.m. Tip of the Iceberg:
Uncovering Accessibility Issues Through UI Testing

(5:00 – 5:50)
Jennifer Pringle, BC Libraries Cooperative; Lena Hernandez, Equinox; Stephanie Leary, Equinox
Audience: End User
On the Same Page:
Standards, Expectations, and Automation in Consortium Catalog Training

(5:00 – 5:50)
Liz Rudoff, Missouri Evergreen
Audience: Cataloging and Management
7:00 p.m. Online Social Hour

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Eastern Time (UTC-04:00)

Track 1

Track 2

11:00 a.m. Building a Culture of Open Source Contribution
(11:00 – 11:50)
Elizabeth McKinney, PINES; Carl DeMilia, Bibliomation; Kathy Lussier, NOBLE
Audience: Management/Leadership
MarcEdit
(11:00 – 11:50)
Terry Reese, Invited Expert Speaker
Creator of MarcEdit, Head of Digital Initiatives for The Ohio State University Libraries

Audience: Cataloging
12:00 p.m. New Features in Evergreen 3.11+:
The Ruth and Andrea show version 5.0

Ruth Frasur Davis, Evergreen Indiana & ECDI; Andrea Buntz Neiman, Equinox
1:00 p.m. Adventures in Running
an Evergreen Support Desk

(1:00 – 2:00)
Elizabeth Davis, PaILS; Terran McCanna, PINES; Courtney Brown, NC Cardinal; Daniel Guarracino, OWWL Library System
Audience: Support
Batches, Baskets, Buckets, and Bookbags
(1:00 – 2:00)
Elizabeth Thomsen, NOBLE
Audience: 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. Circulation Interest Group
(4:00 – 4:50)
Dawn Dale, PINES, et. al.
Audience: Interest Group
Modify a Million MARC a Month
(4:00 – 4:50)
Benjamin Murphy, N.C. Cardinal
Audience: Cataloging
5:00 p.m. Just a Bit of Git
(5:00 – 5:50)
Michelle Morgan, NOBLE
Audience: General
Help Your Patrons Discover More
with Evergreen and Aspen

(5:00 – 5:50)
Jordan Fields, ByWater Solutions; Sierra Chastain-Rittue, C/W MARS; Inge Kokidko & Elizabeth Hager, Porter County Public Library System (IN); Linda Kramer, Martin Luther College Library (MN); Lindsay Stratton & Allison Pryor, Westchester Library System (NY)
Audience: End User

Thursday, April 25, 2024 (Hackfest)

Free admission — Requires separate registration
New: Interest Groups will meet during Hackfest this year!
Eastern Time (UTC-04:00)

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

Zoom Links: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88183770801 https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88016754067?pwd=tF4YxjBDUjf8b1uwDSu2Zv6udFDXES.1 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85975936703?pwd=NUZMRHNjM3FYK21tN0NTZCtuSExuQT09
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Reports
Interest Group
Acquisitions
Interest Group
Open Room for

Dev Hackfest

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Permissions
Working Group
Cataloging
Interest Group
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Student Success
Interest Group
User Interface/User Experience
Interest Group
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Documentation
Interest Group
System Admin
Interest Group