The integration of ICTs has put forth so many challenges in front of the academic libraries and information & resource centers. However, due to demand of the hours, the academic library environment is in a state of transition in terms of resources and users and panic to address and adopt the applications of ICTs in its pursuits and ready to develop the e­contents according to the syllabi and according to need of their bonafide users. It has been observed that ICTs increases the transparency, efficiency and effectiveness. Countless benefits have been noticed in the presence of ICTs in the library pursuits. Libraries are being strengthened after adopting information and communication technology (ICT) and are well equipped with state­of­theart services which seems that the use of information technology i.e. computers, telecommunication, reprography, communication etc. has a indispensable role in the modernization of library practices. Hence, with ICT, the library is accessible 24*7*365 for its users with unlimited time. The present paper will try to elicit that how ICT is responsible for paradigm shift of the annals of library and makes library available round the clock for academic communities. 

Keywords: ICTs; Transparency; Effectiveness; 24*7*365; Annals.