For the first time, Sharjah Libraries Digital Repository Project is making online access to digitized books available for free. This announcement comes off the back of a Library Conference that was hosted by Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) and the American Library Association (ALA). The content will be supplied by libraries in Sharjah as well as various universities, research centres, museums and government departments. People living in any part of the world will have access to this new generation library with video streaming for audio-visual content as well.