 It can automate large research, reference-based libraries and personal collections alike.In 2003, the Academy launched an online library, mainly of works in Urdu, called the Allama Iqbal Cyber Library ().Inspired by Project Gutenberg, the library was conceived and developed by Qasim Shahzad under the supervision of Muhammad Suheyl Umar, and it was formally inaugurated by the Governor of the Punjab Lt. Gen. Khalid Maqbool.