Hi all,

I have a library interested in adding peer review status to their article records in Koha.

The short-term solution is to use a local MARC field and do a code customization for it.

However, peer review status is the kind of thing that the library industry will probably see more and more of going forward into the digital future. It seems to me that a long-term solution would be wiser.

Sure enough, ExLibris Alma and OCLC WorldCat Discovery already have this functionality:

https://help.oclc.org/Discovery_and_Reference/WorldCat_Discovery/Search_results/How_item_bibliographic_data_is_displayed

https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2018/11_February_2018/Alma_February_2018_Release_Notes/02Resource_Management_-_February_2018_Enhancements#Peer_Review_and_Open_Access

OCLC uses a non-MARC method, whereas ExLibris rely on a magic string in a 500 field for peer review status.

That being said, I’m not sure what the best long-term solution would be to add this metadata to a bibliographic record. What do you all think?

David Cook

Systems Librarian

Prosentient Systems

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Australia

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