This study investigated professionalism and image laundry in the ICT age of
librarians in Nigeria with a view to encourage librarians to make more positive
effort at becoming more relevant in society, give them the right perception their
profession and proffer solution (s) that will properly launder the present image
of the library profession in Nigeria. The survey design of research was adopted
for the study and the simple random sampling technique was used in choosing
the study population. The instruments for collecting data were the structured
questionnaire, interview and focus group discussion. 350 copies of the
questionnaire were administered to respondents while 336 were found valid for
the study. The descriptive statistical method of analysis using mean and standard
deviation was employed for data analysis. The study revealed that many
Nigerian librarians were never interested in the profession before going in to
study the course. Rather they studied librarianship because it was their last
resort. Others studied Library Science because they were told to start with it, at
entry and change to a better course later. The study recommended among other
things that librarians should break out of the stereotype their predecessors left
them, be proud of their profession and vigorously engage in self development
thereby gaining new knowledge an.d imbibing current trends
