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The article offers information on the Special Libraries Association (SLA) 2019 Annual Conference which was held in Cleveland, Ohio. Topics discussed include posters and papers sessions at the conference sponsored by a different SLA division or group of divisions; Dana Eckstein Berkowitz of Yale University came out on top with her poster, "Wayfinding in the Library"; and also mentions that five papers were presented such as "Exploring the Cultural Intelligence of Special Librarians".

The article informs that paper "From Information to Intelligence" by Dhanashree Date and Ayesha Mallik was named as best contributed paper at the Special Libraries Association 2017 Annual Conference in Phoenix. Topics discussed include growing involvement of the information center at Tata Consultancy Services; impact of data on effective business outcomes; and building new competencies and marketing for the same.

The article offers information on a study concerning the career path movements of librarians. Topics discussed include labeling of librarians on the type of library they work; diversification in the master of library science (MLS) program at The Ohio State University (OSU); and mentions that majority of the librarians with diversified librarianship experience are in managerial or administrative positions.

An interview is presented with Mallory Blasingame and Jing Su. Topics discussed include their paper on catalytic roles of fully integrated information scientists; thier motivations of becoming information scientists; and the importance of information privacy for the health care field. It also informs on precautions they have taken for maintaining information and records privacy.

An interview with Amy Trost and Susan Makar, the members of the organization the Special Libraries Association (SLA), is presented. The topics discussed include an overview of the study titled "Operationalizing Bibliometrics as a Service in a Research Library," their contributions to the 2015 SLA Annual Conference, and ways on how they collaborate in the research paper.

In 2017, librarians in the Information Services Office (ISO) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) expanded ISO's bibliometric analysis services to include topical network analysis, bibliographic text mining, and deeper collaborations with stakeholders. The new services help NIST divisions and offices systematically assess research portfolios, document internal and external collaborations, and identify strategic areas for future research. While robust quantitative analysis has been the key to conducting bibliometric analyses and creating visualizations, collaborative relationships with customers are just as critical to understanding impacts and delivering the right answers to the right questions. This paper describes several use cases highlighting the new services, including a network visualization and cluster analysis to identify emerging research topics; an exploration of keywords in a single research area over the course of a decade; and a structured evaluation of collaborations within and outside of our institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the study by reference librarian Elisabeth Leonard on the condition of reference resources in libraries as of July 2014, which is published in the white paper "The State of Reference" that is available for free for members of trade body Special Libraries Association.

The article presents an interview with Leslie Hicks and Tracy Maleeff who collaborated on a paper presented at the Special Libraries Association (SLA) 2015 Annual Conference. Topics discussed include views of Leslie Hicks on the paper "Network Like Nobody's Watching: Demystifying Networking as a Skill for the Librarian and Information Professional Community"; their views on librarianship; and development of resources about networking.

The article discusses the impact of visualization on the single journal article. Topics discussed include measurement of the impact by counting the number of papers citing that article; the goals of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Services Office (ISO); and use of library's resources, the Web of Science (WoS), a database that indexes and abstracts peer-reviewed scientific and technical literature, for analysis of the article.

The article focuses on increasing issue of fake articles and fake scholarly journals, and the possible steps which can be taken to prevent them. Topics discussed include role of librarians to check the authenticity of papers by checking in Cabell's Blacklist, checking of emails and affiliations of the author, and fabricated peer reviews of scientific articles in China.

The article discusses the benefits of attending conferences and trade shows and in obtaining funding for future conferences,. Topics discussed include varied reasons to attend these conferences; significance of communicating with the management; and suggests to write a brief paper that describes the sessions attended.

An interview with Special Libraries Association (SLA) member, Sarah Shujah is presented. When asked about what inspired her to write her paper on Library Hackfest she said that the topic would help in computer science, engineering librarians, and integration of information literacy. Shujah spoke about her interest in libraries from childhood and how she realized her long term goal of becoming a librarian. She discussed about her plans for 2015 and her interests in information literacy.

The article offers information on a paper presented at Special Libraries Association (SLA) 2016 revealed that libraries can do much more to address the ‘gap' in providing information to mobile device users. Topics discussed include issues libraries face in staying relevant in a world; how people now access information; and how sophisticated mobile consumers expect when they begin to use library services.

The article discusess a paper presented at the Special Libraries Association 2016 Annual Conference which focuses on the role played by an academic library in helping faculty identify funding sources for their research. Topics include efforts taken by the Taubman Health Sciences Library and the Medical School's Office of Research at University of Michigan for the same; enactment of streamlined design for the same; and developing the guide and establishing the consultation service.

The article presents suggestions for the protection of intellectual property (IP) in cultural festivals. Various factors that are involved in IP includes patents, trademarks and copyright. Other topics discussed includes clauses related to IP protection in the U.S. Constitution, research paper published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and copyright management strategy.

The article reports that Special Libraries Association (SLA) members share research and scholarship on topics of interest including hackfests,embedded librarianship, and data governance by presenting contributed papers at the SLA Annual Conference.