(a) The Arkansas State Library is authorized to enter into contracts or agreements with the Mullins Library of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the library of each of the state-supported institutions of higher learning in this state to provide through the State and Local Government Publications Clearinghouse any of the clearinghouse, exchange, depository, or selective or partial depository duties or functions of any of the libraries, or to provide depository library services in behalf of any of the libraries that may be mutually agreed to by the Arkansas State Library and the Mullins Library of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville or one (1) of the several institutions of higher learning of this state.
(b)
(1) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to repeal, amend, modify, or affect the status of the Mullins Library of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville as a depository of state, city, and county documents under the provisions of §§ 25-18-301 — 25-18-304.
(2) This subchapter shall not repeal, amend, modify, or affect the powers of the Mullins Library of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville or the library of each of the state-supported institutions of higher learning to be a selective or partial depository of state, city, and county documents under the provisions of §§ 25-18-306 — 25-18-308.