Richard Neville is the Mitchell Librarian and Director, Education & Scholarship at the State Library of NSW. This position is responsible for the Library’s Learning Services and Indigenous Services branches, and its dynamic Fellowship and Awards program, all of which are growing areas of engagement for the Library. After completing an art history degree at the University of Sydney, Richard worked at the Art Gallery of NSW and the Australian National Maritime Museum, before joining the State Library in 1990. He was appointed Mitchell Librarian in 2008. Richard has published widely on nineteenth century Australian art and society, and curated many exhibitions on these themes for the Library. He has also been extensively involved in the acquisition, arrangement, description and promotion of the Mitchell Library’s renowned Australian research collections. Most recently he has been a lead with the State Library’s 200th anniversary program, and co-edited its book The Library that made me (2026) which also incorporates his brief history of the Library.