Digitization Student Technical Assistant (open to work-study and non-work-study)

Job Posting Title:

Digitization Student Technical Assistant (open to work-study and non-work-study)

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Hiring Department:

UT Libraries

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

12

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FLSA Status:

To Be Determined at Offer

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Earliest Start Date:

Ongoing

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

The University of Texas Libraries advances teaching, catalyzes research, and democratizes learning in order to develop critical thinkers and global citizens. As an essential campus partner in building a rich research and learning ecosystem, we are committed to creating and sustaining a community that welcomes and respects all individuals, celebrates different perspectives and experiences, and fosters belonging. To learn more about UT Libraries, please visit our website: https://www.lib.utexas.edu/

Purpose

The Digitization Student Technical Assistant will work with UT Libraries’ Digitization Services to support the specialized reformatting of UTL collection materials. This position’s goal is to increase access to rare, fragile, obsolete, and/or oversized library materials, and to play a key role in the preservation of said items. Digitization creates a digital copy of research materials and at-risk items, thus improving access and serving as a key preservation tool.

For Fall 2025, the majority of work will focus on digitizing bound print materials and performing optical character recognition quality control.

Responsibilities

• Reformatting print materials using a range of equipment and scanners.
• Performing image quality control checks.
• Ensuring optical character recognition (OCR) quality.
• Metadata management
• Detailed task tracking.
• Reformatting audiovisual materials occasionally

Required Qualifications

• UT Austin student enrolled in 6 or more credits for Fall 2025.
• Student must be in good academic standing.
• Work independently and demonstrate a positive attitude.
• Have extreme attention to detail and care in handling fragile materials and equipment.
• Have strong organizational skills.
• Manage time and communicate effectively.
• Be willing to learn and work with a range of computer and scanning hardware environments and software applications.
• Remain focused while performing repetitive tasks.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Enjoy creative problem solving and taking on new and increasingly challenging projects.
• Prior digitization experience is not required, but familiarity with photo editing software is a plus.

Salary Range

$15/hour

Working Conditions

• Regular indoor working conditions.

Work Shift

• 10-12 hours per week as arranged with supervisor: Monday - Friday between 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented