The University of Texas at Austin Libraries (UTL) recognized the hard work and dedication of staff and student workers at its annual staff excellence celebration in May. Employees enjoyed breakfast tacos, a coffee bar and UTL swag, and Senior Vice Provost and UT Libraries Director Robert McDonald gave opening remarks before several awards were presented.
Number of Positions: 1
Position Available: August 16, 2026
Position Title: Library Automation and AI Systems GRA
Department: Content Management, UT Libraries
Supervisor: Kay Ishola
Associate Professors of Instruction Melissa D Murphy and Sarah Jey Whitehead have announced the completion of their Open Educational Resource (OER)
The Fine Arts Library (FAL) at the University of Texas at Austin launched a new event series last spring to showcase how research across performing arts disciplines exists on and off the page, generated and elaborated through creative practices. Designed by Performing Arts Librarian Molly Roy, the Performance as Research series represents an intentional, curated framework and an invitation for community-building.
The University of Texas Libraries has announced the recipients of its annual Signature Course Information Literacy Award, which recognizes undergraduates who have excelled in library research.
The University of Texas Libraries has been named a finalist for the inaugural Clarivate Library Innovation Awards, a program designed to recognize and support innovation by academic, national and public libraries worldwide.
The University of Texas Libraries (UTL) has selected five individuals to receive prestigious Scholars Lab Fellowships for 2026. This competitive fellowship supports graduate students whose work leverages innovative digital tools and methodologies to address complex academic questions.
Number of Positions: 1
Position Title: Content Management Automation Student Technician
Department: Content Management, UT Libraries
Supervisor: Kayode Ishola
The University of Texas Libraries is pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of the Map & Geospatial Collections Explorer Fellowships, which support innovative scholarship drawing on the Libraries’ extensive cartographic and geospatial holdings – including the Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL) Map Collection, the Geospatial Data Portal and other distinctive resources. Now in its fifth year, the fellowship continues to highlight the many ways maps, spatial data and archival collections can inform research across disciplines.
