Riverside Regional Library

Board of Trustees Organization

The Riverside Regional Library Board of Trustees is comprised of 15 persons from the county library boards of Scott, Cape Girardeau, and Perry counties. 

Purpose

Its primary purpose is to secure the best possible library it can for the community served.  Its primary concern is the formulation of a program of library service for the service area defined and provision of means for carrying out such a program. 

Trustees are responsible for the library's well‑being.  Their purpose encompasses decision making in five basic areas: 

1. Setting library policy.

2. Budgeting and managing funds.

3. Hiring and working with an administrative librarian.

4. Carrying out public relations.

5. Long- and short-range planning.