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 Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (State Library) $2,715,180.30 on October 1, 2025, under the Grants to States program (CFDA 45.310). The State Library will expand services for learning and access to information and educational resources across all types of libraries for individuals of all ages, supporting education, lifelong learning, workforce development, and digital literacy skills. The award also funds establishment and enhancement of interlibrary resource sharing and delivery through interlibrary loan, document delivery, and courier services to improve coordination and access quality among New Mexico's library system. The State Library will provide specialized services to visually impaired, rural, homebound, and other underserved New Mexico residents.

The funding period runs through September 30, 2027, with place of performance in Santa Fe, New Mexico. These funds support the State Library's Five-Year Plan for FY 2023-2027, which aligns with Library Services and Technology Act priorities. The State Library may distribute funds through competitive subawards or cooperative agreements to eligible public, academic, research, school, and special libraries or consortia to implement these initiatives.

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.