Staff Awards

This quarterly award recognizes outstanding work performance by staff members whose resourcefulness, dedication and ability help navigate the University of Texas Libraries through often uncharted seas.

Library Excellence Awards are given to professional librarians and classified staff in the University of Texas Libraries who have made extraordinary contributions.

The University of Texas Libraries recognizes and rewards the dedication and hard work of its graduate student employees by offering the Nilsson Fellowship. The Nilsson Fellowship is awarded to a graduate student employee for fall semester and to another graduate student employee for the spring semester. This scholarship has been made possible by the generosity of David O. Nilsson.

The University of Texas Libraries recognizes and rewards the dedication and hard work of its student employees by offering the Nilsson Scholarship. This Scholarship is awarded to one undergraduate student employee each academic year and has been made possible by the generosity of David O. Nilsson.

The University of Texas at Austin Outstanding Staff and Supervisor Awards Program honors and recognizes the invaluable contributions of eligible non-teaching employees whose outstanding dedication, competence, conscientious performance, excellent customer service, or ingenuity has had a significant impact on the university.