2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §41-1337  Library development service

The state library shall:

1. Prepare a plan for statewide public library service. The plan shall be put into effect to the extent made practicable by available facilities.

2. Encourage and assist the development of library services in state institutions.

3. Compile and disseminate statistics and other data relating to libraries and library services.

4. Give professional advice and assistance in the establishment and operation of county free libraries, municipal libraries, or any combinations of county free and municipal libraries, and to joint ventures of public and private or nonprofit libraries in this state that make library information available to the public and that request such professional advice and assistance.

5. Develop library service for the blind and physically disabled, including talking book machine services, through state and regional centers.

6. Perform all other duties necessary or appropriate to the development of statewide library service.