The Reelfoot Regional Library will ensure that all residents of the Reelfoot Region have access to optimal library service with the resources available.

Reelfoot Region comprises 3,486 square miles with a 2004-2005 service population of 191,649. The region was formed in 1941 and has evolved from, at times, thirteen counties to the present six served since May, 1966: Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Obion, and Weakley. The region is 63% rural.

As of February 2006, Reelfoot Region is serving 14 libraries and 68 outreach stations. Of the libraries, nine are full-service, one is a branch of the Benton County Library System, and four are community libraries. Community libraries are established in facilities provided by the towns, with salaried librarians and regular schedules of service hours, but lacking in at least one criteria to be designated full-service by Tennessee Minimum Standards for Non-Metropolitan Libraries.