Helen Vincent

Helen Vincent is Head of Rare Books, Maps and Music Collections at the National Library of Scotland. She is currently a member of IFLA’s Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee, and was Chair of IFLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section, 2015-19 and a member of IFLA’s Professional Committee and Governing Board 2019-21. She contributed to the IFLA standards Guidelines for Setting Up A Digital Reunification Project and Competencies for Rare Book and Special Collections Librarians. She represents the Library on the Scottish Nationals Climate and Culture Group, which evolved out of a coalition of Scottish cultural bodies that produced the short film ‘Climate Action Need Culture’ for COP26.