This study was carried out to investigate the current and prospective challenges faced by academic libraries in Pakistan and to present possible solutions addressing these challenges. The research design was qualitative, adopting the phenomenology approach. In-depth interviews of 14 senior academic library leaders from public and private sector universities of Pakistan were conducted. Leadership crisis was identified as the top challenge followed by those related to changing user behavior, human resources, financial, technological issues, and changes in higher education. Prospective challenges encompassed issues related to technological modalities, human resources, research data management and library space. While the study participants indicated their readiness to cope with these challenges, they agreed that there was a need of collective effort for human capacity building, initiation of compatible smart services, effective policy making and creation of societal awareness. The support from key players such as the library professionals, library associations, top management, LIS schools, HEC and other funding agencies was deemed to be vital for this purpose.

这项研究的目的是调查巴基斯坦大学图书馆当前和未来面临的挑战，并提出应对这些挑战的可能解决方案。研究设计是定性的，采用现象学方法。对来自巴基斯坦公立和私立大学的14位高级学术图书馆负责人进行了深入采访。领导危机被认为是最大的挑战，其次是与改变用户行为，人力资源，财务，技术问题以及高等教育变化有关的挑战。预期的挑战包括与技术模式，人力资源，研究数据管理和图书馆空间有关的问题。尽管研究参与者表示愿意应对这些挑战，他们一致认为，需要进行集体努力来进行人员能力建设，启动兼容的智能服务，制定有效的政策并建立社会意识。为此，关键的参与者如图书馆专业人员，图书馆协会，高层管理人员，LIS学校，HEC和其他资助机构的支持被认为是至关重要的。