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>{{Cite web |title=MprinT@EAST_AFRICA |url=https://www.uib.no/en/ahkr/143764/mprinteastafrica |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=University of Bergen |language=en}}</ref>. <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 digitalizationdigitization 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 digitalization work of the UMADA project can be access free on the Wikipedia. The African Studies Centre Leiden University and UCLA library have made the UMADA<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-26 |title=“No metadata no future” – kicking off UMADA [on a donkeys’ island] |url=https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2022/10/umada-digital-workshop-annachiara-raia |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Leiden University |language=en}}</ref> digital collection open access on the Wikipedia and its Sister project Wikidata that can be access global.<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 digitalization 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] 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>
