Reardan Memorial Library

Reardan Memorial Library serves as a public information provider for our community, using traditional and innovative technology to encourage curiosity, free inquiry and lifelong learning in a friendly environment.

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Community News:

Food Pantry

Our food pantry has returned to it's original home, and we are excited to serve you. Here is the Food Pantry opening for August:

Location: 140 S. Lake Street (Next to the R-store)

Date: October 14 Date: October 29

Time: 1:30-3 Time: 5:30-7

Reardan Memorial Library is still a drop-off location for Food Pantry donations. Bring your non-perishable donations here to help your neighbors!

Want to Digitize Your Photos?

Reardan Library has a large format scanner available for public use.

This scanner was obtained through a grant from the Washington State Library and the Institute for Museum and Library Services. We used it to digitize some of our old photos and scrapbooks and post those to Washington Rural Heritage on the state website. (www.washingtonruralheritage.org)

This scanner and a large monitor are now available to our patrons for use during regular open hours. Nothing should be saved to the computer, so please bring in your own USB devices to save your work.

Washington Rural Heritage

Reardan Library is pleased to announce that we have a number of pictures on

Washington Rural Heritage.

Browse the collection at Washington Rural Heritage and type Reardan into the advanced search bar.

In October, 2023, the Reardan Memorial Library received a grant from the Washington State Library, Office of the Secretary of State, and funded under the provisions of the Library and Services Technology Act from the federal Institue of Museum and Library Services. This grant allowed the library to add some of our scrapbook pictures to the Washington Rural Heritage collection. Part of the mission of this collection is to “enable small and rural libraries to create digital collections of unique items that highlight institutional holdings and tell the stories of their communities.”

2-color IMLS logo

This grant was funded by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Libby is avaialable to all of our patrons. Libby has ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines for checkout. Items are checked out for 14 or 21 days, depending on your settings. Then, the items are automatically returned. Or you can return them early.

One of the greatest advantages to the Libby collection is the number of iitems available. 54,003 unique titles are in the collection of ebooks. There are 25,578 audiobooks that can be enjoyed. 85,136 magazines are available.

In 2024 patrons downloaded 3,353 ebooks, audiobooks, and emagazines. So far in 2025, 2583 items have been checked out!

Check with the librarian to get your user name and PIN. Then explore all the options that are open to you!

Explore our Gale Databases for research.

Click on the databases button on the left side of the webpage. Gale will open. The sign in for the databases is your library card number. Because we use bar codes, your number may need to be preceded by zeroes. The total number of digits should be 14. For example: 00000000012345. Please call Suzanne at 509.994.9997 if you need help getting your number.

There are many databases. Use the drop down to see all the available options.