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Evergreen International Conference: May 20-22, 2009

The Evergreen International Conference, the first-ever international conference for Evergreen open source library software, will be held May 20-22, 2009 at the Georgia Classic Center in Athens, Georgia. The conference will bring together Evergreen developers, administrators, users, and supporters, open source advocates and other interested parties. The theme for the Evergreen International Conference is "Branch Out With Evergreen."

Online registration for Evergreen International 2009 will open Wednesday, February 18, 2009.

The Evergreen International Conference is jointly sponsored by Georgia Public Library Service (proud founder of Evergreen), Equinox Software and LYRASIS.

About the Venue
Handily located just one hour from the Atlanta airport, Athens is a charming university town featuring good restaurants and fun pubs. The Classic Center is an attractive, full-featured conference facility within walking distance of Athens' quaint downtown district.

About the Event
The Evergreen International Conference will offer a blend of cutting-edge and tried and true events:

An all-day developers’ hackfest in a roomy setting with tables
An opening-night combined reception and vendor exhibit on Wednesday, May 20, with excellent noshes and refreshments
Engaging, challenging keynote speakers
Three program tracks to meet all needs: Tech Topics, Front-line users and Library Administration
Generously long refreshment breaks, to enable networking with peers and vendors
Catered, event-free lunch on Thursday
Lightning Talks (Five-minute presentations from Evergreen community members)
Birds of a Feather (scheduled time to meet informally to discuss issues)
Breakfast Table Talks on Friday, May 22
Free wifi throughout the Classic Center

About Evergreen Open Source Library Software
Evergreen is consortial-quality, open-source library software initially developed to support Georgia PINES, a resource-sharing consortium with over 270 public libraries. Evergreen software, awarded a prestigious W. Mellon
Foundation grant in 2007, now runs in nearly 300 libraries of every type—public, school, academic, and special—in Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, and Canada. The growing, multinational Evergreen development community has shepherded Evergreen through a series of releases that have further strengthened Evergreen’s consortial qualities while adding popular and useful functionality. From its debut in September 2006, Evergreen has earned acclaim and praise from users worldwide, including a Technology Collaboration Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

For more information about Evergreen, visit http://evergreen-ils.org

Thank you to the follow sponsors for their support: