It may be that it is not just a local library, but an international one, including an arts centre, it holds very rare documents and is a huge cultural centre including the following picked up from its website:
The New Library of Alexandria also hosts a number of institutions:
The number is growing and the Library of Alexandria is becoming the nerve center of many international and regional networks.


◦The Academia Bibliotheca Alexandrinae (ABA)
◦Arabic Society for Ethics in Science & Technology (ASEST)
◦The Anna Lindh Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures, the first Euro–Med foundation based outside Europe
◦The Institute for Peace Studies (IPS) of the Suzanne Mubarak Women for Peace Movement
◦The HCM Medical Research project (located in Shallalat premises)
◦The Jean-René Dupuy Center for Law and Development
◦The Arab Regiona l Office of the Academy of Science for the Developing World (ARO-TWAS)
◦The International Federation for Library Associations (IFLA) Regional Office
◦The Secretariat of the Arab National Commissions of UNESCO
◦The Middle Eastern and North African Network for Environmental Economics (MENANEE)
◦The Arab Network for Women in Science and Technology (ANWST)

Marjorie