The new mexico state library will use funds to support the goals of their five-year plan for FY 2023-2027, which reflect the purposes and priorities of the library services and technology act (LSTA)

The New Mexico State Library will use a $2.7 million formula grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Grants to States program to support its five-year plan for fiscal years 2023 through 2027. The library will expand access to information and educational resources for all ages in various library settings to promote learning, lifelong education, workforce development, and digital literacy skills. It will also enhance interlibrary resource sharing and document delivery services among New Mexico libraries to improve literacy and access to information. Additionally, the State Library will provide services to visually impaired, rural, homebound, and underserved state residents. The award will allow the State Library to achieve its strategic goals in alignment with the purposes of the Library Services and Technology Act federal grant program.

Specific goals include: 1) expand services for learning and access to information and educational resources, in all types of libraries for individuals of all ages to support needs for education, lifelong learning, workforce development, and digital literacy skills; 2) establish or enhancing interlibrary resource sharing and delivery via ILL, document delivery services, and courier service to improve coordination among and between libraries in new mexico for the purposes of improving literacy and the quality of and access to library information services; and 3) provide library services to visually impaired, rural, homebound, and underserved new mexico residents.