This investigation of computer anxiety as one of the components of resistance to technology among staff in academic libraries focused on its effects on: (1) their level of participation in a library computer literacy program; and (2) their attitudes toward library automation and computers in general. To measure computer anxiety, the Computer Opinion Survey (Maurer and Simonson, 1984) was administered to 61 volunteer subjects from the University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries. The results suggest that library personnel are ready for inservice staff development in computer technology, in spite of whatever levels of computer resistance might exist. The study further suggests that computer anxiety in libraries may be a function of the degree or type of prior computer experience, the department worked in, and the number of years worked in the library, and that resistance may indeed decline with familiarity and experience with automated technology. (RP)