A SURVEY OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES SERVING STATE GOVERNMENTS WAS UNDERTAKEN AS THE FIRST STEP TO COLLECT NATIONWIDE DATA ON SPECIAL LIBRARIES SERVING STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS AND AGENCIES, PROFESSIONAL AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS, AND COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY. THE DATA COLLECTED COVERED FISCAL YEAR 1964. THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE LIBRARIES THAT ARE PUBLICLY CONTROLLED, OPERATED, AND SUPPORTED AND WHOSE SERVICES ARE ESTABLISHED EXCLUSIVELY OR PRIMARILY FOR THE USE OF OFFICIALS OF STATE GOVERNMENT WERE INCLUDED. OF PRIMARY INTEREST WERE DATA CONCERNING THE MANPOWER AND MATERIAL RESOURCES OF THESE LIBRARIES, EXPENDITURES, AND SCOPE OF SERVICE. THE DATA PRESENT BOTH THE OPERATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE LIBRARY AND THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFICATION OF THE LIBRARY. THE REPORT DISCUSSES THE METHODS USED AND THE RESULTS IN TERMS OF THESE CLASSIFICATIONS. IT IS FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED AND AN EVALUATION OF THE RESPONSE. FIFTY-THREE ANALYTICAL TABLES ARE PRESENTED PLUS A DIRECTORY OF LIBRARIES BY STATE AND SELECTED DATA FOR THE INDIVIDUAL LIBRARIES. (TC)