Abstract：Adoption and Utilisation of Artificial Intelligence by Librarians in University Libraries in Southern Nigeria The study investigated how librarians working in the various university libraries in Southern Nigeria adopted and used artificial intelligenceThe study raised four research objectives as well as four research questionsA survey design was used for the study with 848 librarians from university libraries in Southern Nigeria as the sampleThe entire population was chosen for the study using the total enumeration sample methodEight research assistants who had received training in how to contact respondents and secure their consent before distributing the structured questionnaire designed by the researcher assisted in the instrument distribution processThe researcher was able to retrieve 704 copies of the 848 questionnaires that were given to the respondersHoweverthe return rate was 83which is a respectable amountThe descriptive statistics approach was used to analyse the data that the questionnaire producedThe results showed that there has been little adoption of AI in university libraries in Southern NigeriaThe research also reveals that security scanning devices at university librariesentrances and exits are the most prevalent AIswhile other AIs like robotschatbotsface recognitiontouch recognitionRFID technologieshumanoidsAI classification toolsmachine-readable cataloguesand AI smart features are still lacking in Southern Nigerias university librariesThe results of this study also suggest that the university librarys librarians are knowledgeable about the many ways that AI may be applied to provide servicesThe studys findings indicate that adoption hurdles include considerable disruption brought on by AI to conventional library servicesa lack of skills and the need for training prior to adoptionerratic power supplya lack of suitable infrastructure for adoptionamong other problemsIt was recommended in the study that training should be organized for librarians to boost their skills in the use of AI for service delivery and university and library management should be committed and give the needed support towards the adoption of AI by making available the needed infrastructure to ensure their swift implementationLibrary AutomationThe article refers to the machine readable directory and RFID technologywhich are the parts of the library automationConsulting ServiceAI Chatbots is not common in the university library in South Nigeriabut they are part of the consulting serviceCollection classificationAI classification tools can be used hereRobots and HumanoidsIt is not common in the university library in South NigeriaMode recognitionThe article refers to Face Recognition and Touch Recognition technologywhich is part of the pattern recognitionExpert systemsuch as AI classification tools and machine-readable catalogsIoTRFID technology is part of the Internet of ThingsIoTwhich is used to identify and track