The arkansas 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 Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Arkansas State Library $3,273,722.73 on October 1, 2025, under the Grants to States program (CFDA 45.310) to support four strategic goals aligned with Arkansas's five-year library plan through September 30, 2027.

The award funds digitization and preservation of information resources, expansion of access models and collections maintenance, training and professional development for library staff statewide, leadership promotion and recruitment efforts, programs and services for diverse audiences including children, parents, teenagers, adult learners, seniors, and the business community, and technological infrastructure enhancement through IT consultation services and emerging technology implementation.

The Arkansas State Library, based in Little Rock, Arkansas, administers the award and distributes funds statewide through competitive subawards or cooperative agreements with eligible public, academic, research, school, and special libraries or consortia. Supported service delivery encompasses electronic database access, computer instruction, summer reading programs, digitized special collections, e-book and adaptive technology access, and bookmobile services. Place of performance is Little Rock, Arkansas 72201, with a two-year period of performance ending September 30, 2027.

In arkansas, specific goals include: 1) enhance access to information for lifelong learning - expanding access to information resources of all types through digitization, preservation, maintenance of collections; and by maintaining, improving, and creating new models of access to those resources; 2) provide training, professional development, and resources to the state's library workforce - improving staff skills, promoting leadership, and enhancing recruitment efforts; 3) provide programs to a broad audience with diverse information needs - enriching the lives of arkansans through programs, services, and resources; and 4) enhance the technological environment of arkansas libraries - providing IT consultation services and facilitating opportunities for the testing and implementation of new and emerging technologies. The arkansas 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). In arkansas, specific goals include: 1) enhance access to information for lifelong learning - expanding access to information resources of all types through digitization, preservation, maintenance of collections; and by maintaining, improving, and creating new models of access to those resources; 2) provide training, professional development, and resources to the state's library workforce - improving staff skills, promoting leadership, and enhancing recruitment efforts; 3) provide programs to a broad audience with diverse information needs - enriching the lives of arkansans through programs, services, and resources; and 4) enhance the technological environment of arkansas libraries - providing IT consultation services and facilitating opportunities for the testing and implementation of new and emerging technologies.