The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957 Page: 163
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Texas Collection
book lists on subjects of governmental interest, maintaining a full file
and history of all legislative measures, and the summarizing of legis-
lation of other states on specific subjects.
Without exception, this service must be rendered on a confidential
and non-partisan basis.
The state library may appropriately have the primary responsibility
for issuing a legislative manual, handbook or directory, but in any
case it should have full cooperative or joint status in the preparation
and publication of such materials.
STATE HISTORY
A basic responsibility of the state library is the collecting, preserv-
ing and servicing of materials relating to the state, its people, and its
history; and working with other libraries and historical societies in
the collection and preservation of local and state historical materials.
This sphere of activity does not include a responsibility for the his-
torical museum.
Historians and research workers are best served when these mate-
rials are professionally administered by a staff with specialized train-
ing and background for the service.
A publication program in the historical field is desirable. If that
program is carried on by another agency, there should be an organic
connection between that agency and the state library.
SPECIAL LIBRARY SERVICES
Many special library services geared to particularized aims of an
individual state are performed by the state library, or, in some in-
stances, are shared with other state agencies. Examples of such services
are recruitment, placement, certification of library personnel, library
services to state institutions, and services to the blind.
Again it should be made clear that the above is published here
simply as news and information which treats in part with state
historical society activity. A decentralization approach has al-
ways been traditional in Texas. The Texas State Library is a
separate state agency, the Texas Memorial Museum is yet an-
other separate institution, and the Texas State Historical Associa-
tion is entirely separate and apart from the two above. There is
perhaps some slight overlapping of functions but what exists
could hardly be called serious.
Perhaps what really works is after all most successful. Any
planning, to be good, must actually stand the functional test. De-
centralization would appear to have worked well in Texas al-163
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957, periodical, 1957; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101163/m1/180/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.