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
Open for hold pickup by reservation only
All library events are currently being held virtually. Check out some of these upcoming events online:
Thursday, July 09, 2020 • All day Virtual Events Click on the event to access the link to the digital, interactive, fairytale themed escape room! Are you up for the challenge? You've only got 30 minutes!
Ages: Teen, High School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Thursday, July 09, 2020 • 10:00am - 11:00am Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) Join us for a monthly science lesson. We will meet via Zoom. Register to get the code. Supplies needed will be posted. Email dpeterson@dconc.gov with questions. Ages: Middle School, High School, Elementary School Thursday, July 09, 2020 • 10:30am - 11:00am Virtual Events Vamos a compartir unos videos cada otro jueves en YouTube. Vamos a crear, cocinar, y contar historias. We'll share a Youtube video every other Thursday at 10:30am. We'll create, cook & tell stories. Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Toddler, Teen, Pre-School, Middle School, Kindergarten, Elementary School, Adult Thursday, July 09, 2020 • 7:00pm - 7:30pm Virtual Events Check-in with us every Thursday at 7 pm for new excursions posted for our adult audience. Weekly videos will appear on the library's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/durhamcountylibrary/videos. Ages: Senior Citizen, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Friday, July 10, 2020 • All day Virtual Events Click on the event to access the link to the digital, interactive, fairytale themed escape room! Are you up for the challenge? You've only got 30 minutes!
Ages: Teen, High School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Saturday, July 11, 2020 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) Join us to learn how you can delve deep into dark dungeons and face challenges to make the bravest hero quake with fear... all without leaving home. Ages: Senior Citizen, Middle School, High School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Monday, July 13, 2020 • 7:00pm - 8:00pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) Join the Mystery Book Club virtually through Zoom on July 13th from 7 to 8pm to meet with the author of Molten Mud Murder. Registration Required. Ages: Senior Citizen, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Tuesday, July 14, 2020 • 10:30am - 11:00am Virtual Events Tune in every Tuesday at 10:30am for new rhymes, stories, songs, and more! Each weekly video will appear on the library's YouTube page:
https://www.youtube.com/c/durhamcountylibrary/videos Ages: Toddler, Pre-School, Kindergarten, Baby Tuesday, July 14, 2020 • 4:00pm - 4:15pm Virtual Events Check-in with us every Tuesday at 4 pm for new videos just for teens! Weekly videos will appear on the library's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/durhamcountylibrary/videos Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Teen, Middle School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds Tuesday, July 14, 2020 • 5:30pm - 6:30pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) Come play and talk with Monica and Molly! We are going to be trying some bilingual games for elementary aged kids in Zoom. Ages: Elementary School Tuesday, July 14, 2020 • 8:00pm - 9:00pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) Read, log in to Zoom and talk with other teens!
Monica and Caroline will facilitate this virtual summer reading program for middle and high school teens. It's free choice, so read whatever you want! Ages: Teen Wednesday, July 15, 2020 • 10:30am - 11:00am Virtual Events Tune in every Wednesday at 10:30am for new family activities, crafts, stories, & more! Weekly videos will appear on the library's YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/durhamcountylibrary/videos
Ages: Toddler, Pre-School, Kindergarten, Elementary School
Fairytale Digital Escape Room
Homeschool Learning Lab - Science!
Biweekly Bilingual Thursday Videos- Videos bilingues - crafts, recipes, stories- Manualidades, recetas, historias
Adult Thursday
Fairytale Digital Escape Room
Dungeons & Dragons - An Introduction
Mystery Book Club - Author Talk with Sarah E. Johnson
Toddler Tuesday - Weekly Online Fun!
Totally Teens
Bilingual Games on Zoom- Juegos Bilingues en Zoom
Bookish - Zoom Book Club for Durham Teens - for 2020-2021 middle school and high school students
Wacky Wednesday - Weekly Online Family Fun!
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.
