The State Board of Education shall give to communities advice and assistance in the organization, establishment and administration of school library media centers, shall extend to school library media centers, and to the media specialist and teachers of any public school, aid in selecting and organizing library media center collections and in management of library media services and may, for the purposes of this section, visit and evaluate library media centers organized under the provisions of § 10-221, and make recommendations for their improvement. Said board is authorized to purchase and organize books and other educational media to be loaned to such school library media centers, associations and individuals as the board may select.