To browse Academia. Over the last decade, a number of trends and paradigm shifts have been witnessed in academic libraries worldwide.
Finally, it sets forth future directions that can serve as a road map to transform HULIS in particular and Ethiopian university libraries in general. In Ethiopia University library was providing a traditional way of services. The traditional library service was backward on effective information disseminations as well as it brings impact on the development of information centers. The present study focuses on factors hindering the development of library and information centers in Ethiopia.
The questionnaire, observation and interview are used to investigate the underlying influences that affect library. The key problems addressed were lack of staff training and shortage of necessary facilities. As the result argued that the library has lack of staff training and shortage of ICT facilities by For University library, the window of network Internet should be recommended to upgrade their services to allocate updated and current reference services and Internet services.
Academic libraries in Ghana as a whole face some challenges in supporting teaching, learning, research, and knowledge dissemination. Because of a profound ongoing shift in context, however, the vision for academic libraries in Ghana will be to optimally ensure the survival of values that the library has represented in the academic sphere for its future existence. These include open access to scholarly information and cultural heritage, digitisation, service to students and scholars.
Librarians also strongly need to collaborate closely not only as professionals but with partners in other areas of higher education and cognate fields. Their leadership role in information management and provision must create a coherent environment to facilitate the maximum use of scholarly information in all its forms. The future academic library will need a team of flexible experts with a variety of aptitudes and specialisations who collaborate as researchers, managers, skilled technologists, and proac International Journal of Computer Applications, This study explores the current trends, challenges and opportunities of selected digital libraries in Ethiopia.
