Research Support Unit delivers the following services such as Client Services, Technical Services, Liaison Services, Institutional Repository, Knowledge Sharing Events and Other Services like Lib Alerts, Extra-Mile Journal Article Delivery Service, Conference & Open house exhibitions and Citation Management
Welcome to Research Support Services
The Research Support Unit is responsible for providing ECA staff and external clients with a range of support for their research needs. We have built comprehensive internal and external knowledge resources accessible to you through our library catalogue at your hand or on your desk or at our desk for physical checkout; created thematic research guides based on conference themes and current topics; presented Multilingual Open Access Socioeconomic online resources through our Federated Search Engine; organized ourselves to provide staff at Divisions and SROs with personalized assistance and consultation through our library liaison services; committed to promoting your work through our knowledge sharing events if you have published an article; readied ourselves to go the extra-mile so that the journal articles you want reach you even if we don’t have them in-house; developed mechanisms to alert you on our carefully selected hot topics of new and historical resources – Lib Alerts.
Client Services
Client Services team is engaged in ensuring the availability and accessibility of quality online and physical information resources in support of ECA's programme of work.
Technical Services
The Technical Services team ensures that KLSS’ physical as well as online knowledge holdings are properly managed, preserved, made easily discoverable and accessible.
Liaison Services
KLSS has designated staff members as liaison librarians in support of ECA Divisions, SROs and IDEP. Each EAC organizational unit is assigned one or more liaison librarian(s) who will . . .
Institutional Repository
KLSS’s Institutional Repository initiative offers unique knowledge and information not available elsewhere pertaining to regional programmes, decisions and resolutions promoting social and economic development in Africa.
Knowledge Sharing Events
The ECA Book Talk is one of its knowledge sharing events that is dedicated to promoting staff publishing. It provides an opportunity for staff who have currently published or in the process of publishing to engage their peers or get feedback on their work.
Other Services
Other services are Lib Alerts, Extra-Mile Journal Article Delivery Service, Conference & Open house exhibitions and Citation Management
 Abeba Tefera Library Assistant
Extension: 35026 |
 Alazar Getachew Information Management Assistant
Extension: 35664 |
 Aster Wondemu Information Management Assistant
Extension: 33634 |
 Dereje Ergete Information Management Assistant
Extension: 33907 : +25115443907 |
 Ermias Woldeargay Information Management Assistant
Extension: 35346 |
 Ermias Wondie Emiru Library Assistant
Extension: 33765 : +251115443292 |
 Eskindir Awoke Information Management Assistant
Extension: 33825 : +251115443825 |
 Girma Dessalegn Information Management Officer
Extension: 35022 : +251-11-544 5022 : +251-11-5510512 |