Barbara Hirsh
Barbara Maynard Hirsh was director of Information Resources & Knowledge Management at NERA Economic Consulting for 15 years until she retired in December 2018. Her past experience includes:
- Managing global research and KM services in a corporate setting
- Negotiating and implementing global contracts for 3rd party content
- Designing end-user training programs
- Developing customised desktop solutions and intranets
- Invited speaker at domestic and global conferences
- Managing her own consulting firm.
Prior to joining the corporate world, Barbara spent 12 years in academia as a tenured faculty member.
She holds Masters degrees in information science and music.
Articles by Barbara Hirsh:
Commercial awareness for information professionals
Monday, 7th October 2019
Commercial skills are a prerequisite for information professionals within any industry. This article sets out to not only define these skills but offers some techniques and practical steps to help you develop them, and in the process think about what your company does, what information it needs, who your clients are and how to communicate effectively.
Tackling the challenge of keeping up to date with technology
Wednesday, 9th January 2019
Technology is constantly evolving and information professionals have to keep up with new developments and end-users want reliable information without having to understand the technology behind it. This article uses mini case studies to explore how information professionals can keep up to date with technology and implement the best solution in areas from single sign-on (SSO) to tender information and extracting citations.
Community session
11th December 2024
2025 strategic planning; evaluating research reports; The Financial Times, news and AI
5th November 2024
- 2025 strategic planning; evaluating research reports; The Financial Times, news and AI
5th November 2024 - All recent Jinfo Subscription content
31st October 2024 - End-user training best practice research
24th October 2024
- Jinfo Community session (TBC) (Community) 23rd January 2025
- Clinic on contracting for AI (Community) 11th December 2024
- Discussing news and AI strategies with the Financial Times (Community) 21st November 2024