In 2011, both the German and the Polish side expressed their shared and common interest in reprocessing the East Asia holdings among the Berlinka. This mutual accord was extended in 2012 to include the aspect of digitisation as well as the possible virtual reconstruction of the old East Asia Collection of the former Prussian State Library.
After a initial one-year grant was allotted by the Commissary for Culture and Media (BKM) of the German Federal Government, the East Asia Department of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin was able to start in early 2013 with the visual inspection and selection of titles to be digitised in Krakow.

The cataloguing of the holdings in Krakow according to present-day standards is being conducted partly in situ, but will mainly be executed as a follow-up by referring to the digitised material. Until then, the handwritten catalogues in bookform of the Libri sin. and Libri sin. N.S., as well as the description of his collection, as compiled by Hirth himself, will provide an initial overview. These catalogues are available in digitised format.

The East Asia Berlinka in Krakow can be separated into two parts and altogether five collection segments. These will be briefly described below, and their present state of assessment and digitisation presented.