Editing National Library of Scotland (section)

==National Library of Scotland employees==

The head of the library is the Chief Executive and National Librarian. The role has previously been known as the Librarian and National Librarian.
* 1925–1931: [[William Kirk Dickson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nls.uk/help/biogs.html|title=The First Reader's Ticket&nbsp;– Brief biographies|publisher=National Library of Scotland|accessdate=18 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121184345/http://www.nls.uk/help/biogs |archive-date=21 January 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1931–1946: [[Henry W. Meikle]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry William Meikle (1880–1958), Keeper of Manuscripts (1927–1931), Librarian (1931–1946) {{!}} Art UK |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/henry-william-meikle-18801958-keeper-of-manuscripts-19271931-librarian-19311946-186009 |website=artuk.org |access-date=9 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1947–1953: [[Marryat Ross Dobie]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary, James Seaton OBE, principal keeper of the National Library of Scotland. |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-james-seaton-obe-principal-keeper-of-the-national-library-of-scotland-1610617 |website=Scotsman.com |date=31 August 2012 |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref>
* 1953–1970: [[William Beattie (librarian)|William Beattie]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cherry |first1=Alastair |last2=Duce |first2=Roger |last3=Simpson |first3=Murray |last4=Maciver |first4=Iain |title=THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND: Music Manuscripts and Special Collections of Printed Music |journal=Fontes Artis Musicae |date=2000 |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=3–9 |jstor=23509032 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23509032 |issn=0015-6191}}</ref>
* 1970–1990: [[Denis Roberts]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Higgitt |first1=John |title=The Murthly Hours: Devotion, Literacy and Luxury in Paris, England and the Gaelic West |date=1 January 2000 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-4759-5 |page=xxii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ff9oAatT0rQC&pg=PR22 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1990–2002: [[Ian McGowan (librarian)|Ian McGowan]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McGowan |first1=Ian D. |last2=Muir |first2=Adrienne |title=A New Team for Alexandria |journal=Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues |date=April 2003 |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=1 |doi=10.1177/095574900301500101 |s2cid=183318210 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/095574900301500101 |access-date=9 January 2024 |language=en |issn=0955-7490|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bowman |first1=J. H. |title=British Librarianship and Information Work 2001–2005 |date=15 April 2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-17188-1 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mIgHDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 |language=en}}</ref>
* 2002–2014: [[Martyn Wade]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cheung |first1=Melanie |title=National Library of Scotland appoints new National Librarian |url=https://www.rluk.ac.uk/national-library-scotland-appoints-national-librarian/ |website=Research Libraries UK |access-date=10 August 2023 |date=2 July 2014}}</ref>
* 2014–2021: [[John Scally]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr John Scally to step down as National Librarian |url=https://media.nls.uk/news/dr-john-scally-to-step-down-as-national-librarian |website=National Library of Scotland Newsroom |access-date=9 August 2023 |date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
* 2021–present: [[Amina Shah (librarian)|Amina Shah]]<ref>{{cite web |title=New Chief Executive |url=https://www.nls.uk/news/archive/new-chief-executive/ |website=National Library of Scotland |access-date=9 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>