New Jersey § 18a:73-35

§ 18a:73-35.

The State Library shall: (a) Maintain library resources and information services over a broad range of subjects

which affect the educational, intellectual, cultural, economic , and political life of the State; (b) Provide special library services for the legislative, executive and judicial branches

of State Government, supplemental library service for New Jersey libraries and citizens

and direct library service for persons with disabilities ; (c) Purchase or otherwise acquire, and maintain a general collection of books, periodicals,

newspapers, maps, slides, films and other library materials for the use of State and

local governments, libraries, and the public generally; and exchange, discard, sell,

or otherwise dispose of books and library materials as required within the purposes

stated herein and all moneys to be secured from such sales shall be paid into the

treasury to be used for the benefit of the State Library when appropriated to that

purpose; (d) Maintain as part of the State Library, a general reference service; a legislative

reference service; a law library service; a documents depository service; an archival

service for New Jersey materials; a records management service for State and local

governments; a deposit and exchange service for library materials; an interlibrary

loan service; an advisory service for public libraries, school libraries, libraries

of institutions of higher education, industrial, commercial and other special libraries,

State department and agency libraries, and the libraries the State maintains within

the institutions carrying out its health, welfare and correctional programs; and

a library service for persons with disabilities ; and provide such other services as may be required by law; (e) Preserve the records of the history of New Jersey through its official archives

and other materials and promote interest and research in the history of the State; (f) Coordinate a Statewide system of libraries in New Jersey, and administer State

and federal programs for the development of libraries, library facilities, library

resources and library services in New Jersey, and require such reports as are necessary

for the proper administration of its duties and for the gathering and publishing of

annual and occasional statistics on libraries in the State; (g) Promote and demonstrate library service throughout the State, and study library

problems and needs in New Jersey and make the resultant findings known generally.