171.140 General powers and duties. - Kentucky Statutes

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171.140 General powers and duties. (1) The department shall give assistance and advice to all state institutional and public libraries, and to all counties in the state which propose to establish public libraries,
as to the best means of their establishment and operation and may send any of its
members to aid in organizing such libraries or assist in the improvement of those
already established. (2) It may receive gifts which may be used or held for the purpose given, and may purchase and operate traveling libraries under such conditions and rules as it thinks
necessary to protect the interests of the state and best increase the efficiency of its
service to the public. (3) The department may issue printed material, such as lists and circulars of information, and in the publication thereof may cooperate with other state library
commissions and libraries, in order to secure the more economical administration of
the work for which it was formed. It may provide for library educational
opportunities in various parts of the state. (4) The department shall perform such other service in behalf of public libraries as it considers for the best interests of the state. (5) The department shall maintain a strong central collection of library materials in a variety of formats and assure access to those materials and to other information
resources throughout the state and nation for the purposes of providing information
and reference services to state government agencies and of supplementing the
resources of local libraries. Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990. --Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2438c-
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