Riverside Regional Library

• Kid Kits collection was put into circulation in 2008 at the Main Library and continues to be a success.  Consists of 25 theme-based boxes of books, AV, toys and games for preschoolers.  Assembled  Kid Kits for each of the branches.  Five kits per branch.  25 different themes.  The branches will be able to borrow kits from each other. 

•         Branch managers complete a survey every January denoting the most popular authors at their libraries, plus the areas of their collections that they want to emphasize that year.  This annual procedure helps in the book and AV ordering process.

•         Patrons continue to submit their requests for books they think should be added to the collection.  “Patron Request” forms are available at all the branches.

•         New books and AV were added to the collections on a continuing basis all year. 

• Weeding of the collections continued throughout the year to make space for new materials.