Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)

For more than 50 years, the LSTA Grants to States Program and its predecessors have supported the delivery of library services in the United States.  Through the Grants to States program, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) provides federal LSTA funds to state libraries, including Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa, using a population-based formula.  In Iowa, LSTA funds are used to support statewide library development initiatives and services such as:

• summer library program
• developing the skills of Iowa library directors and staff
  
• online reference databases such as EBSCOhost and FirstSearch
• interlibrary loan network through State of Iowa Libraries Online (SILO)
• Iowa Center for the Book
• standards for public libraries
• Iowa Publications Online
• State Data Center
  
  

This program is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by Iowa Library Services/State Library of Iowa.