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Show and they are (being rapidly processed pro-cessed and catalogued. A ibook mobile lis on order and scheduled for delivery in May. The bookmobile book-mobile will have a capacity of 3,000 books and, in the beginning at least, will be used pnmarDy for demonstration purposes in rural areas. The following services are already al-ready available through the State Library: Extension service for consultation on library problems prob-lems the state staff has already aided Morgan county to set up its new county library and is arranging ar-ranging to give help to other areas in the state. Book loans to aid h'braTies with small book budgets. A limcted amount of reference help. Objectives for the immediate future are the operation of the bookmobile, expansion of the present reference service and the acquisition of more books for circulation. In (providing reference refer-ence service, existing faoil'irtiies- the libraries of the University of Utah, Utah State University in Logan, the Sailt Lake City liibraiy and other large existing institutions institu-tions will be utMized. There is no plan to duplicate services already available, but the State Library will act as a coo: donating agency for libraries th'ioUoihout the state. In acquiring books, the State Library is placing major emphasis emph-asis on popular nowfietion, Hvith seme fiction and a touted number num-ber cf technical books. the nation. It is pafrticullariy fitting fit-ting that Utah place special emphasis em-phasis on this observance, because be-cause for the first time Utah has a State Library. Utah people, from the beginnings begin-nings of our history, 'have prided themselves on their devotion to learning and love of good books. Books occupied precious space in the covered wagons that crossed the plains and mountains in 1847 and in the critical years immediately immedi-ately following, when every cubic inch of space and eveiy ounce of weight was at a premium. The pioneers built and operated a school in Salt Lake Valley as soon as they had attended to the first priority construction of a fort for community defense and a place of worship. In the light of our historical heritage, it was ironic that Utah shou'la end up with the dubious distinction of being the last cf the 48 states to establish a State Library. This defect was remedied, reme-died, however, by the 1957 Utah Legislature, and it gave me real pride and pleasure to sign into lav S.B. 86 of the 32nd Legislature, Legis-lature, establishing the Utah State Library. Starting frcm scratch and with so much to be done with limited funds, our new State Libraiy Commission has been forced to proceed with care and caution, but a great deal has been accomplished accom-plished in the last year. Russell L. Davis, a trained and experienced librarian, has been named director of the State Li-' ibrary. With a staff composed cf .Robert Hartshorn, assistant director, direc-tor, Cathryn Weeks, Donna Hu-ber Hu-ber and lone Andrus he is mak-; mak-; ing real progress. Already the State Libraiy has on order more than 6,000 books A REPORT FROM YOUR GOVERNOR This week is being observed .as National Library Week across |