One of the biggest stumbling blocks of e effective resource sharing has been unavailabilityrnof delivery mechanisms in academic institutions in Ethiopia. The actual provision ofrninformation has been slow and inefficient. The academic calendar a lows little or no lagrntime in the provision or needed documents. While technology has certainly maderncooperation and document delivery more realistic, it is important to be aware of the rolernof IT and communication technology in the effectiveness of access and delivery ofrndocuments. Rap id and easy communication has lowered the geographic barriers that havernof ten prevented or made impossible past attempts to develop resource-sharing programs.rnIn view or this. the study attempts to explore the potential of electronic documentrndelivery services or academic libraries in Ethiopia to propose enhanced informationrnresource sharing in this in visitation . The study particularly focused on the need to sharernscholarly valued local and foreign journals and indigenous publications in order tornoptimally use these materials which already exist within academic institutions.rnFindings from the literature review on technologies, standards and application protocolsrnavailable for document delivery system have been discussed. Various electronicrndocument delivery projects were also discussed in order to propose the appropriaternSystem for Ethiopia an situations.The current status of academic libraries, their problems particularly in relation torndocument deliver services along wit h user requirements were reported. Based on thernexisting information and network infrastructure and user requirements identified thoughrnthe survey work attempt was made to to discuss the desired features and system (hardwarernand so software) requirements that can address the contemplated needrnIn attempt to use the potential use of Electronic Document Delivery Service (EDDS),rnSpecific applications were used to develop the prototype. The prototype development wasrnbased on Windows NT server software 4.0 platform, TCP/IP, Internet Information serverrn( Il S), Cold Fusion web based application development software, access ODBC driver andrnMicrosoli Access. The proto type database for union lists of serials particularly journalsrnwere designed by Microsoli Access which is supported by cold Fusion. Script codes hadrnto be developed using coldf usion (version 4.0) application software. This prototyperndatabase and as well as the developed user interface had been discussed . As part of thernfinal components of document delivery system Viewer paper port scanning software wasrnused to scan a document. Using Multi purpose Internet Mai l Extensions (MIME)rncompliant e-mail software the scanned document was sent as an e-mail attachment andrnsent to one of ' the library in Addis Ababa. The steps and its test result was documented.rnrnFinally conclusion and recommendation were also made to synthesize the whole exercisernattempted in this study and to suggest what needs to be done for deployment in academicrnlibraries in Ethiopia as well as further research area along similar lines.