Evergreen Committees & Interest Groups

Evergreen Committees & Interest Groups
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Participating on an Evergreen committee or interest group is a great way to get involved in the Evergreen community.
With the exception of the Project Board, there are no formal membership requirements to become involved on a committee or interest group. You just need to attend meetings, actively participate on a list, or volunteer where help is needed.
The Evergreen Project Board (TEP)
Goal:
Serve as official representatives of the Evergreen project to safeguard and govern the interests of the larger Evergreen user and developer communities.
Official web page:
Evergreen Governance
Regular meeting time:
Monthly, 3rd Thursday at 14:00 Eastern.
Agendas and Minutes.
Mailing list
(anyone from the community is welcome to join):
Current mailing list:
Archives of the previous governance list
Evergreen Standing Conference Committee
Official web page:
Standing Conference Committee
Regular meeting time:
Monthly, 2nd Wednesday at 11:00 Eastern
Who to contact:
Jennifer Weston, Equinox, jennifer.weston@equinoxoli.org
Evergreen 2026 Annual Conference Committee
Standing Committee: Jennifer Weston, Equinox (Chair); Debbie Luchenbill, MOBIUS; Elizabeth Davis, PaILS; Britta Dorsey, EGIN; Katie Greenleaf Martin, PaILS, TEP Board Chair
2026 KCLS Local Arrangements Committee: BJ Colvin, Dan Moore, David Wasserman, Melissa Pillo, Nicole Pelsinsky, Val Brandt-Ita, Angie Miraflor
Admin Working Group
Goal:
To share knowledge on how to configure Evergreen settings and policies, review admin-related bugs, update admin documentation, and all other things admin.
Official web page:
Evergreen Admin Working Group
Regular meeting time:
Bimonthly (even months), 3rd Tuesday at 2pm Eastern.
Who to contact:
Millissa Macomber,
millissa@centralskagitlibrary.org
or Dan Guarracino,
dguarracino@owwl.org
or Elizabeth Davis,
elizabeth.davis@sparkpa.org
Acquisitions Interest Group
Goal:
To share information about acquisitions workflows, development, and bugs.
Official web page:
Acquisitions Interest Group
Regular meeting time:
Monthly, 2nd Wednesday at 3pm Eastern
Mailing list:
Who to contact:
Tiffany Little, PINES,
tlittle@georgialibraries.org
Aspen Interest Group
Goal:
To share knowledge on using the Aspen Discovery layer with Evergreen.
Regular meeting time:
Bimonthly (even months), 1st Thursday at 12pm Eastern
Mailing List:
Who to contact:
Sierra Chastain-Rittue,
chastain-rittues@cwmars.org
or Rogan Hamby,
rogan.hamby@equinoxoli.org
Cataloging Interest Group
Goal:
To share information about cataloging workflows in Evergreen and to work together to coordinate cataloging-related development for the benefit of the community.
Official web page:
Cataloging Interest Group
Regular meeting time:
Monthly, 2nd Tuesday at 2pm Eastern
Mailing list:
Who to contact:
Jennifer Weston, Equinox,
jennifer.weston@equinoxoli.org
Documentation Interest Group (DIG)
Goal:
Develop a single-source, standards-based set of documentation for Evergreen.
Official web page:
DIG
Regular meeting time:
Monthly, 1st Thursday at 14:00 Eastern
Mailing list:
Who to contact:
Debbie Luchenbill, MOBIUS,
deborah@mobiusconsortium.org
Infrastructure Committee
Goal:
Acquire and maintain the shared technology tools that are used by TEP to further its mission. (
Infrastructure Committee Charge
Mailing list:
(Due to the nature of what the Infrastructure Committee is responsible for, the archives are not publicly available. However, any individual with a bona fide interest in Evergreen Project infrastructure is welcome to ask to join the mailing list, and is encouraged to do so if they are considering joining the committee.)
Who to contact:
Galen Charlton, Equinox,
gmc@equinoxOLI.org
(chair) and Chris Sharp, PINES,
csharp@georgialibraries.org
(vice chair)
New Developers Working Group
Goal:
For new developers to work together to learn more about Evergreen.
Official web page:
New Developers Working Group
Regular meeting time:
Monthly, 3rd Wednesday at 3pm Eastern
Mailing list:
Who to contact:
Terran McCanna, PINES,
tmccanna@georgialibraries.org
Outreach Committee
Goal:
Organize activities to increase the visibility of Evergreen in the larger library community. The committee will also establish a fund for activities that support this goal.
Official web page:
Evergreen Outreach Committee
Regular meeting time:
Monthly, 1st Wednesday at 4pm Eastern
Mailing list:
Who to contact:
Rogan Hamby, Equinox,
rhamby@equinoxOLI.org
Permissions Working Group
Goal:
To collaborate on the testing, defining, and documenting of Evergreen permissions
Official web page:
Permissions Working Group
Regular meeting time:
Bimonthly (odd months), 4th Tuesday at 3pm Eastern.
Mailing list:
Who to contact:
Susan Morrison, PINES,
smorrison@georgialibraries.org
Reports Interest Group
Goal:
Establish a framework for sharing reports and improving the reporting system in Evergreen.
Official web page:
Reports Interest Group
Regular meeting time:
Bimonthly (odd months), Last Wednesday at 2pm Eastern
Mailing List:
Who to contact:
Jessica Woolford, Bibliomation,
jwoolford@biblio.org
or
reports@evergreen-ils.org
Student
Success
Working
Group
Goal:
To share information, perform assessment, and provide direction
related to meeting
student
needs using Evergreen, with a particular
focus on the needs of primary, secondary, and post-secondary students.
Official web page:
Student Success Working Group
Regular Meeting Time:
On hiatus
Mailing List:
Who to Contact:
Jennifer Pringle, BC Libraries Cooperative,
jennifer.pringle@bc.libraries.coop
User Interface Interest Group
Goal:
To standardize the Evergreen UI and establish a design system.
Official web page:
UI Interest Group
Regular meeting time:
On hiatus
Mailing list:
Who to contact:
Interest Group will be reformed in 2026. The IG email is still active.
Web Team
Goal:
The Evergreen Web Team is responsible for the ongoing care and feeding of the Evergreen web site. The web team welcomes any volunteers interested in helping ensure that content on the web site remains fresh and up to date.
Official web page:
Evergreen Web Team
Who to contact:
In need of a facilitator. Email evergreen-web-team@list.evergreen-ils.org if you are interested.
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