4505 S. Alston Avenue
Durham, North Carolina 27713 (map)
Phone: 919-560-7410
Manager: Che Anderson
South Regional Library is served by DATA bus route 12 and Triangle Transit route 805.
View live air quality and weather data at South Regional from the EPA’s Village Green project.
Hours
Mon. 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Tue. 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Wed. 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Thu. 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Fri. 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sat. 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sun. 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Thursday, November 15, 2018 • 10:30am - 11:55am South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Meeting Room - Full Room) Time to have some fun with Mr. Joel as he entertains with books, stories, puppets, music and motion! Fun for all ages 0-6 yrs. Ages: Toddler, Pre-School, Baby Thursday, November 15, 2018 • 2:30pm - 4:30pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Adult Services Space) Legal Aid of North Carolina's free do-it-yourself legal clinics each focus on different topics. This month's topic will be Simple Divorce. Registration is required; visit legalaidnc.org Ages: Adult Thursday, November 15, 2018 • 4:15pm - 5:00pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Children's Programming Room) Join Miss Allie to learn about a new American Girl each month and do a craft or activity!
Ages: Middle School, Elementary School Thursday, November 15, 2018 • 4:30pm - 6:00pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Meeting Room - Right Side) Book Club Fun! Ages: Kindergarten Thursday, November 15, 2018 • 6:30pm - 8:00pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Meeting Room - Full Room) Join Sandra Smith to create a beautiful design to take home! All materials provided. Each month will feature a different craft. Ages: Adult Thursday, November 15, 2018 • 6:30pm - 8:00pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Tutoring/Study Room #1) ESOL Ages: Adult Thursday, November 15, 2018 • 7:00pm - 8:00pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Adult Services Space) Read and discuss a different book each month. Titles to be selected by the group. Ages: Adult Friday, November 16, 2018 • 2:30pm - 3:30pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Children's Programming Room) Decorate your 30 Days of Good Deeds and Random Acts of Kindness bag. Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Kindergarten, Elementary School Saturday, November 17, 2018 • 10:30am - 11:00am South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Children's Programming Room) Come and join us for stories, songs, fingerplays, puppets, music and movement! Ages 0-6 but fun for the family! Ages: Toddler, Pre-School, Baby Saturday, November 17, 2018 • 4:00pm - 4:45pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Children's Programming Room) Join Miss Allie for a magical activity! Ages: Middle School, Elementary School Monday, November 19, 2018 • 10:30am - 11:55am South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Meeting Room - Full Room) Join us for songs, stories, rhymes, and a craft perfect for preschoolers. Ages: Pre-School Monday, November 19, 2018 • 4:30pm - 5:30pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Children's Programming Room) The children will combine ingredients such as food coloring to make their own favorite take home color of Slime. Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Elementary School Monday, November 19, 2018 • 6:00pm - 7:00pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Children's Programming Room) Heartfulness meditation is a simple practice of meditation on the heart. Ages: Adult Monday, November 19, 2018 • 6:00pm - 8:00pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Adult Services Space) Come Write-In! Break from the usually solitary endeavor of writing and still chop away at your word count by joining fellow WriMos at one of our official Write-Ins.
Ages: Intergenerational, Adult Monday, November 19, 2018 • 6:30pm - 8:00pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Tutoring/Study Room #1) ESOL Ages: Adult Tuesday, November 20, 2018 • 10:30am - 11:55am South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Meeting Room - Full Room) Join us for books, songs, activities, and crafts perfect for your toddler ages 1-3! Ages: Toddler Wednesday, November 21, 2018 • 10:30am - 11:00am South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Children's Programming Room) Bring your crawler/lapsitting baby and enjoy rhymes, finger-plays, books and songs. This shorter, baby-oriented storytime is perfect for 3-months to 18-months and will be followed by time to play! Ages: BabyFuntime Story Time
Legal Aid
American Girl Club
K/1 Book Club
Art Journal Add-ons and Inserts
ESOL
Fiction Book Club
DIY: Canvas Bags - 30 Days of Good Deeds and Random Acts of Kindness
Family Storytime
Hogwarts Club for Witchcraft & Wizardry
PreSchool Story Time!
Slime Extravaganza
Heartfulness Meditation
National Novel Writing-Write In
ESOL
Toddler Rhyme Time! - Come join the fun
Lapsitter Story Time! - Baby Story time
South Regional Library opened July 28, 2010. The property features a 17-foot tall art piece titled “Stephen’s Bent” located outside the front entrance. Read more about the piece.
LEED Certification
South Regional Library has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification through the U.S. Green Building Council’s Green Building Rating SystemTM. LEED is an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. To earn LEED certification, a building project must earn “credits” by meeting prerequisites and performance benchmarks in each of the key areas. Projects are awarded Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum certification depending on the number of credits they achieve.
Facility:
- 27,300 sq ft
- Public meeting room (seats 100)
- Children’s program room (seats 30)
- Two tutoring rooms (seats 8)
- Electric Vehicle Charging Station
Collection Capacity:
- 100,700 total capacity
- 34,700 children
- 6,500 young adult
- 59,500 adults
Services and Features:
- 30 public Internet access work stations, 20 adults, 10 children
- Young Adult Area
- Audio-visual Collection
- Wireless environment
- Community board (must be approved by Regional Manager)
- Children’s programs and storytimes
- Adult programs
- Public access photocopiers
- Self-check out units
Thank you for choosing the library as a place to study, meet, work and play. Your patronage has made the library one of the most popular gathering spaces in the county. We invite all members of the community to enjoy the resources available at Durham County Library.
You can reserve South Regional’s Meeting Room (capacity 100) or one of two Study Rooms (capacity 8) via our online room reservation system by clicking the button below. You will be taken to the Meeting/Study Room Policy page. You must read and acknowledge these terms before proceeding with your reservation.
You may also reserve a room in-person or by calling South Regional at 919-560-7409.
