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Plagiarism is an alarming academic menace adversely affecting the academic community. This study aimed to assess the prevailing scenario in selected universities regarding awareness and perception of plagiarism, focusing on Library and librarian-related plagiarism among stakeholders, including research scholars and library professionals. The study included 45 state academic universities in Maharashtra. Two detailed questionnaires were circulated among respondents, comprising research scholars and library professionals, from whom data was collected. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. A questionnaire method was employed to assess respondents' awareness and perception of plagiarism. The study also highlighted the attitudes of research scholars and library professionals towards the emerging challenge of plagiarism. The study concluded that research scholars and library professionals from the 45 selected universities differed significantly in their awareness and perception of plagiarism's main components, the role of library professionals in curbing plagiarism, and impressions of plagiarism detection tools/software. However, no significant difference was found in the attitude of research scholars towards plagiarism itself

Plagiarism Awareness, Plagiarism Detection Tools, Anti-Plagiarism Software Research Police, Research Ethics.