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The Illinois State Library promotes excellence in information access and innovative services for government, libraries and people.
This mission statement is directly related to the State Library Act of 1939, amended, that indicates the purpose(s) of the State Library is to:
- Maintain a library for State officials and employees
- Operate a Governmental Research Service pertaining to materials for public and governmental affairs
- Administer library services for state agencies
- Administer the Illinois Library Systems Act
- Administer the law relating to Interstate Library Compacts
- Promote and develop cooperative library networks for all types of library entities on a regional and statewide basis
- Administer grants of federal library funds
- Be a supplementary source of library materials, unavailable in local libraries
- Assist local libraries in their plans of cooperation and community library service
- Develop library service for rural communities and schools without such service
- Address questions and problems pertaining to the administration and functions of public and school libraries
- Contract with any library or library agency to carry out the purpose of the State Library. A Library Trust Fund has been established for such purposes.
- Publish public library and library system statistical information
- Support continuing education programs for all levels of library personnel
- Coordinate literacy programs for the Secretary of State
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