Riverside Regional Library

Services & Programs

 

  • Story Times for Preschoolers

  • After-School Programs for Kids

  • Saturday Programs for Kids

  • Library instruction and tours for school classes

  • Teen Read Week

  • Summer Reading Program for kids and teens (every June-July)

  • Winter Reading Program for kids and adults (every January)

  • Annual Missouri Building Block Award program

  • Book Discussion Group for Adults

  • Special Programs for Adults

  • Seasonal Programs, Displays & Exhibits

  • Automated Library System

  • Public computers with Internet access and Microsoft programs (Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, Power Point), Encarta Encyclopedia, Magic School Bus programs and more!

  • Reference Assistance

  • Readers’ Advisory

  • Inter-library Loan of books

  • Library website  http://www.riversideregionallibrary.org/   with at-home access to library catalog and some online databases

  • Photocopy Machines

  • Fax Machines

  • Microfilm Reader-Printers

  • Meeting Rooms for public use

  • Genealogy Collections at Perryville and Benton

  • State & Federal Income Tax Forms

  • Die Cut Machine for public use

  • First Search & World Cat—gateway to catalog records held worldwide

  • Laminator

  • Overhead Projectors to loan to groups

  • Slide Projectors to loan to groups

  • Opaque Projectors to loan to groups

  • Computer classes

  • Exam proctoring

  • Outreach programs to daycare centers and preschools in all three counties

  • Outreach programs to public and private schools in all three counties

  • Video magnifiers (for low-vision patrons)

  • VERA reading & magnifying machines (for blind or low-vision patrons)

  • Adjustable tables for wheelchair-bound patrons

  • Subscription-based electronic databases available through library web page, accessible from library and/or home:

Heritage Quest (genealogy)
Learn-A-Test (practice tests for school and career exams)
NoveList (books)
EBSCOhost
Discovering Authors
Discovering Science
Discovering
U.S. History
NewsBank
Ecola Newsstand