The Mile High City (aka Denver, CO) was the perfect high altitude location for over one hundred independent information professionals to gather recently for their annual conference. The Association of Independent Information Professionals’ (AIIP) conference always has a strong focus on collaboration - sharing tips, ideas and lessons learned to help one another to build a thriving independent information professional business. Read more...

During 2012, Research Tips has focussed on tips for managing social media research tools, the social web, and the benefits of coming together to talk about research. Read more...

When researchers come together, they gain from the experience of talking about research. In research, there is always a lot of discussion about new sources, new user interfaces, and pricing. There isn’t a lot of discussion about how researchers use the range of sources available to find the answers they need quickly and easily. In […] Read more...

Heather recently presented to information professionals in Brisbane on 10+ tips for finding business information. The attendees were from University libraries, engineering, law firms, Queensland government and legal and business publishing. Attendees said the session was: Excellent, especially the paper and powerpoint to continually access and be aware of sources. | Very insightful and enjoyable. | An excellent session. | Great refresher. Lots on new websites, and interesting discussion. | [The presentation] gave me a really good feel for how to research business information. Read more...

A recent invitation to deliver a guest lecture to MBA students from Flinders University Business School, in Adelaide, was time to think about some helpful lifelong research tips for business savvy students. My top 3 research tips for the international business students were tips to save time, and find reliable information - beyond their upcoming projects, and into their working lives. Read more...