Okla. Stat. tit. 65, § 65-3-105: Functions of Department

The departmental functions shall include but not be limited to

library services, library research, library development, archival,

records management and preservation, legislative reference, legal

reference, general reference, library promotion and public

information, informational, information processing and retrieval,

government documents and any allied, cognate or related functions,

and the Department shall be the authority of the state for these

functions.

The Department is authorized and directed to discharge the

state's responsibility for library service, including service to

state government, to public and special libraries and library

services, cooperation with and rendering of services to local units

of government in the establishment and operation of local libraries

and library systems, and the performance of all technical and other

services necessary to the Department. The Department shall assist

with and supervise the establishment and operation of libraries at

all state institutions and agencies, except public schools and

institutions of higher learning.