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=== Archive section ===
The library holds a large and diverse range of archival materials such as old photographs from Lamu, 19th and 20th century manuscripts, old newspapers, magazines and periodicals, as well as old currencies, and files. A part of the archival collection is digital. It was obtained through a [[digitization]] project that was hosted by Lamu Fort Library. The UMADA project digitized roughly two thousand manuscripts and audio cassettes from the personal library of Lamu poet and [[imam]] Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir, locally known as Ustadh Mau. <ref>{{Citation |title=Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir |date=2023-11-07 |work=Wikipedia, kamusi elezo huru |url=https://sw.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mahmoud_Ahmed_Abdulkadir&oldid=1306742 |access-date=2024-03-06 |language=sw}}</ref> It was managed and supervised by Annachiara Raia from the [[African Studies Centre Leiden]] in Netherlands<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA) Project Launch {{!}} African Studies Centre Leiden |url=https://www.ascleiden.nl/news/ustadh-mau-digital-archive-umada-project-launch |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.ascleiden.nl}}</ref>The digitization was funded by [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA’s]] Modern Endangered Archives Program that is supported by ARCADIA.<ref>{{Citation |title=UCLA Library |date=2024-01-08 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UCLA_Library&oldid=1194333144 |access-date=2024-03-06 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA). Maktaba ya kidijitali ya Ustadh Mau {{!}} African Studies Centre Leiden |url=https://www.ascleiden.nl/research/projects/ustadh-mau-digital-archive-umada-maktaba-ya-kidijitali-ya-ustadh-mau |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.ascleiden.nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='No metadata, no future'. Kicking off Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA) {{!}} African Studies Centre Leiden |url=https://www.ascleiden.nl/news/no-metadata-no-future-kicking-ustadh-mau-digital-archive-umada |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.ascleiden.nl}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA) - UCLA Library Digital Collections |url=https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/z1n648z7 |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=digital.library.ucla.edu}}</ref> The digitized poems and sermons can be freely accessed via the UCLA Library Digital Collections. <ref name=":0" /> Also the introduction of the MprinT project<ref>{{Cite web |title=MprinT@EAST_AFRICA |url=https://www.uib.no/en/ahkr/143764/mprinteastafrica |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=University of Bergen |language=en}}</ref> was done in Lamu Fort Library with team of museum's staff and volunteers on the mapping and digitization of the [[Islamic manuscripts]] in the [[Lamu Archipelago]], the MprinT project is managed by [https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Anne.Katrine.Bang Professor Anne Katrine Bang] from Bergen University in Norway of department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anne Katrine Bang |url=https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Anne.Katrine.Bang |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=University of Bergen |language=en}}</ref> National Museum's staff and volunteers conducted a first mapping of Islamic manuscripts in [[Pate Island]], Lamu including onsite cataloguing by the best expert, order and system ensured by Lamu Fort Library staff and thoroughly documented by the right expertise.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MprinT@EAST_AFRICA |url=https://www.uib.no/en/ahkr/143764/mprinteastafrica |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=University of Bergen |language=en}}</ref>
=== E-library section ===
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