IRCICA Al-Farabi Digital Library specialises in digital library using latest technology and software such as optical character recognition (OCR) technology. It took 5 years to update and maintain.[8] The library software was developed in 2011 and Ottoman Turkey became readable after software upgradation took place. The publishing material in library is used by researchers across the 75 countries, including the United States, Germany, Greece, Iran, Britain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and France, in addition to Turkey.[9]