The State Superintendent of Education, with the advice of the Director of the Department of Archives and History, shall compile and publish a carefully selected and annotated list of books from which the libraries herein provided shall be chosen, and he shall also adopt and publish rules and regulations for the choice of books, their use, preservation and circulation, the erection of bookshelves or bookcases, the equipment of library rooms or buildings and the training of librarians or custodians for the libraries. The selection shall be as nearly as possible representative of the whole field of literature, and maximum prices for purchase shall be indicated.