Employment at University of Texas Libraries

The University of Texas Libraries (UTL) seeks an early career librarian to be our next Liaison Librarian for Physical & Computational Sciences. In this role, you will take the lead on developing outreach initiatives and providing research, teaching, and learning support for the departments of Astronomy, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics & Data Science. You will receive support from and collaborate with a group of friendly and seasoned liaisons on our STEM & Social Sciences Engagement team. Together we are working to develop services and initiatives that establish the libraries as a key partner in research and learning. Science degrees not required. Early-career librarians with the desire to learn new subjects and develop new skills are encouraged to apply. All new Assistant Librarians receive dedicated funds to support conference attendance and other professional development activities.

The University of Texas System Digital Library (UTSDL) consortium comprises the libraries of the academic and health institutions of the University of Texas System. Through this consortium, UTSDL complements the collection strengths of our UT institution libraries with electronic scholarly resources, and expands support for their institutions' services and programs. UTSDL is a team of 3 librarians that office at UT Austin’s Perry-Castañeda Library, working with staff there to support all University of Texas System academic and medical institutions. The purpose of the UT System Consortia Coordinating Librarian is to help manage electronic resources through the consortium life cycle including the licensing workflow, to communicate effectively with all stakeholders, and to help administer the restricted UTSDL website and other communication platforms.

The Head of Open and Digital Scholarship Services (ODSS) leads the ODSS Team in support of evolving campus research needs around scholarly communication and digital scholarship services. The team’s portfolio of services includes open access, copyright, repositories, open educational resources, and digital scholarship. This portfolio includes oversight for the Scholars Lab, UTL’s digital scholarship center, which provides researchers with infrastructure, access to subject librarian and domain-situated expertise, and opportunities for learning, collaboration, and presentation. Within the Scholars Lab, the ODSS Team supports campus research and digital scholarship needs and collaborates with other teams to provide related services around open scholarship, research data, the digital humanities, and other evolving aspects of research support.

UT Libraries welcomes applicants for this position who have experience with scholarly communication services or digital scholarship. Specific duties for consultation and teaching support will be assigned based on the skills and experience of the successful candidate for this role. Candidates with expertise in scholarly communication may have experience with open access, copyright, digital publishing, and/or repositories. UT Libraries defines digital scholarship broadly to encompass research needs across the disciplines including the digital humanities, emerging technology, and collections as data.

These positions are available for currently enrolled university graduate students to work in various areas of the Libraries from circulation to IT. Some positions may include benefits such as a monthly stipend and in-state tuition.

Interested in working for the Libraries this semester? Please check our internal Hourly Students page, as well as HireUTexas for current opportunities! We are currently hiring for several different departments, so we advise checking back frequently for new opportunities.