Riverside Regional Library

County libraries in Missouri are established and operated under Sections 182.010 to 182.130 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri.

The Board of Trustees is the governing and policy making body of the library.  It is composed of five members appointed by the County Commission of each county.  Each member is appointed for a four‑year term.  The County Commission delegates authority for management to the County Library Board of Trustees, and the board employs a library administrator to implement library policy. 

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

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; setting library policy, budgeting and managing funds, hiring and working with an administrative librarian, carrying out public relations, and long and short range planning. 

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