Scholars Lab Graduate Student Technician

University of Texas at Austin

88d • $20

About The Position

The Scholars Lab Graduate Student Technician supports the UT Libraries Scholars Lab through providing research support services and providing excellent customer service to Scholars Lab users. This 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.

Requirements

• Current, degree-seeking UT graduate student enrolled in 6 or more credits during the fall 2025 semester
• Student must be in good academic standing
• Customer service skills
• Desire to learn
• Ability to communicate effectively in person and in multiple media
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate

Nice To Haves

• Experience with 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
• Promotion and marketing skills, especially social media

Responsibilities

• 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
• Assist with workshops on digital scholarship tools for library workshop series, such as Data and Donuts and the Digital Humanities Workshop Series
• Answer email requests and provide consultation support to Scholars Lab users

Benefits

• Students in this position may choose to enroll in the UTSaver voluntary retirement programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees