[Koha-devel] question about MARC 856 $e

[Katrin Fischer]

Hi Jacob,

I have to admit, I am not aware of a feature in Koha that uses 856 $e to
display cover images. Can you elaborate a bit on your use of it? Is it
linked to a system preference maybe?

Katrin


On 17.10.22 22:02, Jacob Jett wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> Some context, I'm asking these questions because our organization has
> been using the 856 $e field to display cover images to users searching
> the catalog. I have questions regarding this practice:
>
> 1) I see that the nature of 856 $e was changed to record data
> provenance metadata by the Library of Congress this year. Will there
> be a new place to use for linking cover images? E.g., is Koha going to
> be developing a specific 9XX field for the purpose or will there be a
> way for individual libraries to define a field that does the same
> thing as the pre-2022 856 $e did? (I'm assuming that an update that
> applies recent changes to MARC21 will eventually get globally pushed out.)
>
> 2) Accessibility and image alt text--is there a way to add alt text to
> the metadata such that accessibility widgets and software encountering
> images like shared cover images can grab the alt text for those images?
>
> Thank you in advance for your answers.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jacob
>
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