Research Support and Digital Initiatives
University of Texas Libraries
The University of Texas at Austin
The Scholars Lab is a PCL-based campus-wide resource that provides infrastructure, UT Libraries subject librarian and domain-situated expertise, and opportunities for learning, consultation, collaboration, and research presentation to enhance multidisciplinary research and digital scholarship.
The Scholars Lab Graduate Research Assistant supports the UT Libraries Scholars Lab through providing research support services, teaching workshops, providing excellent customer service to Scholars Lab users, and managing the physical space and technology. The position offers valuable experience by supporting the research enterprise of digital humanities and digital scholarship. It offers applicants work experience and relevant training that can benefit various career pursuits where digital tools and data skills are essential.
POSITION AVAILABLE: August 16, 2025. Position is subject to renewal each semester.
WORK SCHEDULE: As arranged with supervisor: Monday through Friday and sometimes weekends, 8:30am to 5pm, for a total of 20 hours per week.
DUTIES:
- Staff reception desk in Scholars Lab
- Support users who need help using technology in the Scholars Lab
- Participate in assessment of Scholars Lab initiative
- Support events taking place in the Scholars Lab
- Manage communication of events such as social media posts and newsletters
- Contribute to a wide range of library digital projects, for example, digital exhibits, data curation for project work
- Develop and teach workshops on digital scholarship tools for library workshop series, such as Data and Donuts and the Digital Humanities Workshop Series
- Create educational resources like research guides and lesson plans
- Answer email requests and provide consultation support to Scholars Lab users
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Graduate student at UT Austin enrolled for 9 semester hours during the fall and spring semesters, and at least 3 semester hours during the summer session
- Student must be in good academic standing
- Currently seeking a graduate degree
- Customer service skills
- Desire to learn
- Ability to communicate effectively in person and in multiple media.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with any of the following: scripting languages, data visualization, data cleaning or manipulation, digital humanities tools or platforms, natural language processing, optical character recognition (OCR), digital libraries or digital collections expertise, metadata, mapping
- Instruction or teaching experience
- Customer service skills
- Promotion and marketing skills, especially social media
WORKING CONDITIONS: Regular indoor working conditions.
SALARY/BENEFITS: $1733 per month. Exemption from non-resident tuition. Benefits eligible. TRB is not available for long semesters.
APPLICANT INSTRUCTIONS: Interested candidates should submit, via e-mail, a letter of interest, resume, and contact information for three references to:
Karina Sánchez
Scholars Lab Librarian
karinasanchez@austin.utexas.edu