§ 65-42. Authorization to receive any available assistance.

The State Librarian and Archivist is authorized to apply for and receive and to take full advantage of any and all assistance, research, information, surveys, investigations, grants, allotments or allocations of funds which may be available to the State of Oklahoma, or The Oklahoma State Library, for library purposes, and library services of any type, or related or allied purposes and services, under the laws and regulations of the United States, any state, and any organization, or any agency, instrumentality or subdivision of these entities; and to cooperate or undertake joint activities or programs with the United States, any other state, and any organization, or any agency, instrumentality or subdivision of these entities, or with any agency, instrumentality or subdivision of this state, pertaining to library purposes, library services of any type, or related or allied purposes and services; and to prepare and submit any plans, specifications, reports or applications, to execute any agreements, to employ, fix the duties and compensation of personnel, and to administer and direct any programs, plans or projects in connection with any of the foregoing.

Added by Laws 1963, c. 285, § 2, emerg. eff. June 18, 1963.