Abstract:
Technology imposes its own impact on different sectors. Library is one of these sectors. The
collection of library hard copy have been integrated with electronic information resources.
The services are also provided through network infrastructure remotely. The users of
information resources access the resources from wherever and whenever they are interested
to do so. These resources required additional infrastructure and skill of the librarians and
users to provide the service and to use the resource. The aim of this research is to Assess
Electronic Information Resources for academic staffs’ access and usage in Jimma University
Library System. This research used quantitative and qualitative data and the data collected
through questionnaires and interview to answer the question of usage of electronic
information resource. The research area is Jimma University and the population of the study
includes 773 academic staffs and librarians. 256 sampls are extracted from the academic
staffs and two librarians selected as representative. Stratified random sampling is used to
extract the sample that represents the population of the study. The result of the study revealed
that, 82.25% academic staffs prefer and use different electronic information resources but
81.7% of academic staffs do not have any training how to use electronic information
resources. There is no access in the library as a result 87.63 % of the respondents accessed
electronic information resources from their offices. Awareness creation and information
literacy skill should be provided for academic staffs to improve the usability of electronic
information resources. The capacity of Internet should be improved and generator also
installed to overcome the problem of infrastructure.
