N.J. Stat. Ann. § 18A:73-35.1

1. The State Librarian may, within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the State Library, purchase the following without advertising for bids: library materials including books, periodicals, newspapers, documents, pamphlets, photographs, reproductions, microfilms, pictorial or graphic works, musical scores, maps, charts, globes, sound recordings, slides, films, filmstrips, video and magnetic tapes, other printed or published matter, and audiovisual and other materials of a similar nature and necessary binding or rebinding of library materials.