Academic and Research Libraries in the Digital Environment. Challenges and Prospects

The research work is about Academic and Research Libraries in the digital environment of 21st century. The researcher undertake a survey of Nigeria society with respect to the Library operation in Nigeria and concluded that Nigerian Librarian need to be literate in information technology which brought drastic changes to the world and to the library profession. The research took a survey of the capability of most of Nigerian Librarians, the challenges, and gives its recommendation after conclusion. KEY WORDS: Digital, Environment, Information, Literary, Literacy, Challenge