Riverside Regional Library

Services & Programs 2008

 

  • Story Times for Preschoolers

 

  • After-School Programs for Kids

 

  • Saturday Programs for Kids

 

  • Movie matinees or evenings for families

 

  • Library instruction and tours for school classes

 

  • Teen Read Week

 

  • Teen Spaces with seating, games, computers, and collections for young adults

 

  • Teen Advisory Committees to help in collection and program development

 

  • Summer Reading Program for kids and teens (every June-July).  The themes in 2008 were “Catch the Reading Bug” (kids) and “Metamorphosis at the Library” (teens).

 

  • 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

 

  • Notary public service

 

  • Automated Library System

 

  • Public computers with Internet access and Microsoft programs (Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, Power Point), and other programs.

 

  • Reference Assistance

 

  • Readers’ Advisory

 

  • Inter-library Loan of books to and from other libraries in the U.S.

 

 

  • Photocopy Machines

 

  • Fax Machines

 

  • Microfilm Reader-Printers

 

  • Meeting Rooms for public use (not available at all locations)

 

  • Genealogy Collections at Perryville and Benton

 

  • State & Federal Income Tax Forms

 

  • Die cut machine for public use (at Jackson and Benton)

 

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

 

  • Laminator (at Jackson)

 

  • Overhead, slide, and opaque projectors to loan to groups (at Jackson)

 

  • Projection screens to loan to groups

 

  • Voter registration

 

  • 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)

Ancestry Library Edition (genealogy)

Learn-A-Test (practice tests for school and career exams)

Learning Express E-Books

NoveList (books)

EBSCOhost

Discovering Authors

Discovering Science

Discovering U.S. History

NewsBank