Founded in 1992, OKIM is a professional organization comprised of curriculum professionals and media specialists from throughout the state of Oklahoma. The organization's purposes include:

To develop high professional attitudes, standards and competencies among those engaged in the programs and services represented by OKIM, New and Related Services (NRS), Oklahoma ACTE and the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)

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To encourage OKIM and its members to assume and maintain an active leadership role in shaping and implementing local, state and national policies relating to the development, promotion and distribution of curricula and print/non-print instructional materials 

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To foster and promote professional and informational linkages among members of the OkACTE who are developing, or are interested in developing, curricula and print/nonprint instructional materials 

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To promote cooperative relationships between OKIM members and deliverers of instruction in order to meet their curricula and print/nonprint instructional materials 

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To encourage curricula and print/non-print instructional materials development efforts among Oklahoma career and technology training institutions, educational institutions and/or other agencies 

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To encourage dissemination and sharing of the products of curricula and print/nonprint instructional materials development efforts among Oklahoma educational institutions