State Library Supplies, Equipment and Furnishings

The State Library is the agency seeking bids through this RFB. The State Library is a division of the Iowa Department of Education. It works to improve library services in Iowa and delivers specialized information services to state government and to Iowans.

The State Library of Iowa’s mission is to advocate for Iowa libraries and to promote excellence and innovation in library services, in order to provide statewide access to information for all Iowans. One of the objectives in the State Library of Iowa's strategic plan is to improve the processes and procedures in Iowa libraries by facilitating cooperative purchasing to maximize library budgets.

Iowa has 77 academic libraries, 543 public libraries and 63 special libraries. Directories to Iowa libraries are available at https://silo.knack.com/directory

The State Library of Iowa collects public library statistics.
In FY18:
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