ERIC Town Hall - Proposed Changes to ERIC’s Peer Review Policy - Speaker Notes and Discussion

Oct 15, 2026

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A webinar discussion titled “ERIC Town Hall – Proposed Changes to ERIC’s Peer Review Policy” presents proposed updates to how ERIC marks peer-reviewed content. It explains current and historical application of the peer-review indicator, why user confusion exists due to inconsistent coverage across journal and grey literature, and how proposed changes would extend the flag to grey literature sources with proven peer-review processes. The session also includes housekeeping instructions, polling questions, and plans for posting the recording and slides.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages13

Reading Time33 min

AccessFree to download

Slide 1

Introduction and housekeeping

Slide 2

Submitting chat questions and polling overview

Slide 3

How to answer polling and technical support

Slide 4

Recording, posting, and early polling results

Slide 5

Agenda and background setup

Slide 6

Poll: ERIC version usage

Slide 7

Background on the Peer Review Policy and discussion plan

Slide 8

Relation to ERIC Selection Policy and current rules

Slide 9

ERIC scope: journal articles and grey literature

Slide 10

Timeline of peer-review indicator updates

Slide 11

Motivation for change and current gaps

ERIC Town Hall – Proposed Changes to ERIC’s Peer Review Policy Speaker Notes and Discussion Slide 1 Hi everyone. Just letting you know that we’re about to get started. Slide 2 Good afternoon. My name is Fern Frusti, and I am the ERIC Collection Development Lead. I would like to begin first by thanking you all for taking time out of your busy schedule to join us today to talk about the proposed updates to the ERIC Peer Review Policy. As we begin, I’d like to take care of a few housekeeping items. We will be muting everyone so we do not get feedback from your phones, but we do want your participation today. We are very interested in receiving your comments and questions that may come to mind during the presentation. To submit them to us, please type in the Chat text box in the right-hand column at any time. If the text box is not open on your screen, click the Chat icon, located in the upper right portion of your screen, to open it. Be sure to send your chat message to “All Panelists” which is the default in the Chat panel. We will be monitoring your input throughout the webinar and will respond to as many questions as possible at the end of the presentation. Also, we will be putting up a few polling questions during the webinar, primarily to gain an understanding of our audience and your thoughts about the topics under discussion. Slide 3 So, to begin, you should be seeing a polling question in the right-hand column along with some optional responses. At any time you can start answering the polling questions. If any of you do not see the poll, would you please send a message through our Chat feature and our technical support representative will help you. Responding to these questions is completely voluntary. You are not required to submit an answer but, if you do wish to respond, please select the answer and then click the “Submit” button that’s located atthe bottom of the polling screen. It is very important that you click “Submit” or we will not receive your answer. The polls are timed to remain active for one minute, so please enter and submit your responses shortly after each polling screen appears. Slide 4 Lastly, we are recording this session and a few weeks after the Town Hall we will post it as a video on YouTube. We will also post the slides on the ERIC multimedia page and send everyone who registered an email letting them know that the slides and the video are available. Okay, I’m just checking the polling results. The time limit is up and it looks like we are primarily a group of librarians with some researchers and a few others that have marked “Other.” Thank you very much for participating. Slide 5 Erin Pollard, the Project Officer for ERIC, will be speaking with you shortly. I am going to begin by reviewing today’s agenda and sharing some background information. Slide 6 Now you should be seeing another polling question. Before reviewing today’s agenda, we invite you to answer the polling question about the version of ERIC that you use. Do you use the free version provided at eric.ed.gov or a vendor-provided version? While both versions contain the same records, there are some differences, and so knowing this background will help us to provide the best answers to your questions. Okay-we are getting the responses in. It looks like we are primarily using vendor-supplied versions. Again, thank you very much for responding to the polling question. Slide 7 Our meeting today will begin with some background information about the ERIC Peer Review Policy. We’ll talk about why we’re considering a change at this time, review the proposed policy, and discuss the impact of the change. Then we will share a summary of the feedback that we’ve received from users since June, and open the floor for your comments and questions. Just a reminder, we will be monitoring the Chat feature throughout the presentation. You can submit your comments at any time, and then we will review them and dis

FAQs

What is the main purpose of the ERIC Town Hall?

To discuss proposed updates to ERIC’s Peer Review Policy and explain their impact on users, including how feedback will be gathered and reviewed.

How does ERIC’s peer-review indicator work today?

The current policy determines which content can be flagged as peer reviewed, covering some record types but not others and referencing the ERIC Selection Policy standards.

Why is ERIC proposing to change the peer review policy?

Because ERIC currently extends the peer-review flag to some types of records but not others, creating user confusion; the update aims to provide more complete and accurate information.

Oct 15, 2026

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