Abstract：Much ado about ChatGPTlibraries and librarians perspectives Purpose The study aims to find out the uses of ChatGPT for research work and the demerits as wellThe application of ChatGTP for aiding scholarly writing was also exploredDesignmethodologyapproach The paper uses literature search from BlogsWikis and the internet to find out the trends in libraries using ChatGTPThe literature search and review are presented thematicallyFindings It was found that just as ChatGPT has positive usesthe demerits may outweigh because it does not check sources of the informationIts advantage as a preparatory writing tool is recognized by libraries and librariansOriginalityvalue To the best of the authorsknowledgethis review may be one of the few currently on the trends in ChatGPT from blogswikis and the cybersphereLibrary AutomationChatGPT can generate abstractswrite a list of documentsand connect to the library discovery toolsConsulting ServiceChat robots such as ChatGPT can be used as query and discovery tools to respond to usersproblems and provide link listsIn additionit can also be used as a 247 service tool to meet the needs that libraries cannot always provideRetrieval and IndexingChatGPT can be used as a search and discovery tool to respond to the users inquiries and provide a link listChatGPT is a conversation AI model based on natural language processingNLPtechnologyIt can understand and generate human language so that it can interact and provide informationThis study explores the application of ChatGPT in academic writing and researchas well as its advantages and disadvantages