PSE Agenda - June 14, 2018

June 14, 2018 - 10:30-12:00

Note-taker: Santa Cruz

DRAFT AGENDA:

1. Roll call  (please mark your attendance with an X in the roll call spreadsheet)
   1. CKG Business:  Chairs change 7/1.  Tremendous thanks to Brian for his work as chair, and getting the CKG started.
      As of 7/1: Brian (B) will roll off.  Cory (D) serves 2nd year as co-chair.  Irvine will need to select someone for a 2 year term.  
      From our charter:  "The Co-Chairs will serve staggered two-year terms with appointments rotating alphabetically through the ... campuses ... In practice, each Co-Chair will serve as chair-elect in the first year of their term and chair in their second year."
2. Journal/Database Cancellation Project
   1. Database Review Task Force:  Update from (T. Aponte)
   2. Share cancellation approaches: criteria for cancellation, public relations, etc.
   3. UCSC LibGuide Serial Cancellations: https://guides.library.ucsc.edu/serial_cancellations
3. UCSD licensing of Dimensions  (someone from SD?)
   1. 2 minute video:  https://youtu.be/J0-iKCoONAs
   2. Info:  https://lj.libraryjournal.com/2018/01/oa/digital-science-launches-dimensions-platform-free-discovery-oa-citations/#
4. Google Scholar Feature:  Quickly flip through papers on your phone  (T. Aponte)
   1. Check out the Google Scholar Blog:  https://scholar.googleblog.com/
   2. Specifically:  https://scholar.googleblog.com/2018/03/quickly-flip-through-papers-on-your.html
   3. SPIE working with Google Scholar to be compatible with Quick Abstracts.
   4. Also:  “Classic papers” search, Scholar Metrics, new alerting option
5. Treatise on Geochemistry:  update on closing out Tier 2 subscription  (S. Teplitzky)