The purpose of the article is to present the results of the analysis of regulatory legal acts that influence the development of program and project activities of libraries. Project development is one of the urgent tasks of modern librarianship, which has enormous potential in the field of culture. Regulatory acts that ensure the implementation and expansion of program and project activities (PPA) in the library sphere are not sufficiently studied. As a result of the research, it has been established that the formation of state support for program and project activities in Russia dates back to the early 1990s. The author states the promotion of the policy of stimulating the project management method in cultural institutions, in particular, in libraries since 2000 and its improvement in the following decade. The 2020s evidence a dynamic development of the process of state regulation of libraries’ PPA. More than a dozen regulatory documents have been identified, indicating that the legislative framework for PPA has now been conceptually formed, mechanisms for interaction between the state and libraries, the non-profit sector have been outlined, and tools for supporting projects in the field of culture and art have been formed. Taking into account the provisions of the adopted regulatory documents, libraries will be able to build effective work in the field of PPA. Specific examples of successful application of acts in the practical field are presented.
