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by yawndex 454 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca_Alexandrina

Direct link for the New Library of Alexandria.

Yes, so assuming this was a historical reference, and that some sort of digital equivalent has not been formed there. :)
Bibliotheca Alexandria installed a mirror of the Internet Archive in 2007, it's unclear from a brief googling if the relationship was sustained

https://www.bibalex.org/en/News/Details?DocumentID=1550&Keyw...

iirc, Library of Alexandria's collection grew from making copies of books brought into port by sailors.

So, there are definitely some loose historical parallels to draw.