The University of Texas Libraries welcomes and respects all individuals and communities by valuing and consciously maintaining awareness of diverse perspectives and experiences. We believe inclusivity is critical to fostering excellence in all of our endeavors.
If you’d like the chance to be part of the Libraries, we offer employment opportunities as staff, professional librarians, graduate research assistants, and student workers.
Benefits of working as a full-time staff member at the Libraries:
- The University of Texas at Austin offers a competitive benefits package that includes insurance coverage and retirement benefits in addition to other programs and services. Read more about Prospective Employee Benefits.
- The Libraries aims to create a work life balance for employees, offering telecommuting and flexible schedules when possible.
- The university offers an average of 14 paid holidays annually, as well as vacation and sick time accruals monthly.
- After one year of service, employees are able to take advantage of the Staff Tuition Assistance Program, which covers the cost of one undergraduate or graduate course per semester.
- Staff IDs provide free access to all CapMetro services.
- The university provides various resources and discounts to employees.
Classified Employment
Cataloger & Metadata Specialist
The Cataloger and Metadata Specialist provides and supports cataloging and metadata for general, special, and digital collections, in all formats, in all subject areas, and in different languages as required.
Circulation Specialist (2 Positions)
This posting is for two positions at the Life Science Library and Benson Latin American Collection Library. The positions will manage their respective branch in the absence of the Branch Supervisor and provide service and support for the library.
Administrative & Professional Employment
Automation and Integration Librarian
The Automation and Integration Librarian enhances library technical services by strategically exploring and integrating existing and emerging technologies to automate and enhance workflows, reduce manual labor, and optimize daily operations.
Scholarly Publishing Librarian
This Scholarly Publishing Librarian is a member of the Open and Digital Scholarship Services (ODSS) Team, which supports campus research and digital scholarship needs and collaborates with other library experts to provide related services around open scholarship, research data, the digital humanities, and other evolving aspects of research support. The team works together to provide consultation services, teach workshops, and conduct outreach to the UT scholarly community; the Scholarly Publishing Librarian leads outreach and assessment efforts in and around scholarly publishing, open access, author rights, and publishing trends.
The person in this role will be responsible for developing deep expertise in scholarly publishing and working in collaboration with liaison librarians to share this expertise with the UT research community. Potential projects and responsibilities include: serving on the open memberships working group, promoting the adoption of best practices like researcher IDs (ORCID), managing and promoting the UT Libraries hosting service for open access journals, and leading regular outreach activities around specific topics such as Open Access Week.
Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
View available GRA positions
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.
Student Employment
View available Hourly Student Positions
Interested in working for the Libraries this semester? Please check our internal Hourly Students page for current opportunities! We are currently hiring for several different departments, so we advise checking back frequently for new opportunities.
Library Human Resources
PCL 3.102
Perry-Castañeda Library
Austin, Texas 78712
Lib-HR@lib.utexas.edu