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Digitization work began in 2008 and is being conducted to save the collection for posterity and to prevent a similar loss of its contents again.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":2" /> Digitization work first began under a private firm but this led to disappointments so the library started digitizing its own collection itself starting in 2013.<ref name=":4" /> As of September 2017, 4,000 works were fully digitized, with 15% of the entire stock being digitized since 2008.<ref name=":4" /> At the then rate of digitization using two cameras, one scanner, four lights, and other equipment, six books are transformed into PDF format weekly.<ref name=":4" />

The literary collection of the library is planned to be available for online reading through a digital portal:<ref>{{Cite web |last=SinghStation |date=2018-01-15 |title=Literature at Sikh Reference Library to be Available Online soon |url=https://singhstation.net/2018/01/literature-sikh-reference-library-available-online-soon/ |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=SinghStation |language=en-US}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|text=The digitisation process is under way. Till date, around 80 per cent of our prized possessions have been scanned and digitised. Our motive is to make these available online so that the devotees can access those on their mobile phones or PCs.|author=Roop Singh, SGPC Chief Secretary}}