An attempt has been made to determine the present status Library Automation and use of ICT in Libraries. It was observed that Library Automation is still inadequate among the college Libraries of Gulbarga and need lot  of awareness and worthiness of using ICT in Libraries for betterment of user oriented services. This paper presents the findings of a survey about the status and use of Open Source Software by the LIS professionals of different colleges. The subjects chosen for this study were “Difficulties in use & Implication of Open Source Software in Academic Libraries of Gulbarga: A Study” For evaluating the study questions and data collection, the questionnaire was distributed randomly. The result of this study are presented and discussed in this paper. 

Keywords: Library automation; Open source software; Academic libraries.