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.
Monday, July 23, 2018 • 12:00am - 11:59pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) Are you ready for your time to shine? Can you write songs, or write 8 bars to a rap, or even play an instrument to create a lyrical masterpiece!
Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Intergenerational, High School, Elementary School, Adult Monday, July 23, 2018 • 12:00am - 11:59pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) Create a playlist for your favorite book or literary character! Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Teen, Middle School, High School Monday, July 23, 2018 • 10:30am - 11:00am South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Meeting Room - Full Room) Join us for songs, stories, rhymes, and a craft perfect for your toddler (ages 1-3). Ages: Toddler Tuesday, July 24, 2018 • 12:00am - 11:59pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) Are you ready for your time to shine? Can you write songs, or write 8 bars to a rap, or even play an instrument to create a lyrical masterpiece!
Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Intergenerational, High School, Elementary School, Adult Tuesday, July 24, 2018 • 12:00am - 11:59pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) Create a playlist for your favorite book or literary character! Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Teen, Middle School, High School Tuesday, July 24, 2018 • 10:00am - 11:00am South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) Score mentoring Ages: Adult Tuesday, July 24, 2018 • 10:30am - 11:00am South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Meeting Room - Full Room) Join us for books, songs, activities, and crafts perfect for your preschooler! From May 1st through July 31st! Ages: Pre-School Tuesday, July 24, 2018 • 4:15pm - 5:00pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Children's Programming Room) Discussing Kit! Ages: Elementary School Tuesday, July 24, 2018 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Children's Programming Room) Teen volunteers going into 8th grade or in high school will read to kids ages 4 to 10. Jovenes voluntarios que estaran en el 8 grado o que estan cursando la prepa van a leer libros a ninos de 4 a 10. Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Pre-School, Middle School, Kindergarten, High School, Elementary School Tuesday, July 24, 2018 • 7:00pm - 8:30pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Adult Services Space) The Book Club meets monthly to discuss a nonfiction book. You do not have to have finished the book to attend! July's title will be The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. Ages: Adult Tuesday, July 24, 2018 • 7:00pm - 9:00pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) Join us for Music Trivia night! Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Teen, Middle School, Intergenerational, High School, Elementary School, Adult Wednesday, July 25, 2018 • 12:00am - 11:59pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) Are you ready for your time to shine? Can you write songs, or write 8 bars to a rap, or even play an instrument to create a lyrical masterpiece!
Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Intergenerational, High School, Elementary School, Adult Wednesday, July 25, 2018 • 12:00am - 11:59pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) Create a playlist for your favorite book or literary character! Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Teen, Middle School, High School Wednesday, July 25, 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. Perfect for 3-months to 18-months. Ages: Baby Wednesday, July 25, 2018 • 1:30pm - 4:30pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Adult Services Space) Join Score for one-on-on-mentoring. To schedule an appointment visit https://www.score.org. Ages: Adult Wednesday, July 25, 2018 • 2:30pm - 3:30pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) (South - Meeting Room - Full Room) Summer Reading Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Elementary School, Adult Thursday, July 26, 2018 • 12:00am - 11:59pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) Are you ready for your time to shine? Can you write songs, or write 8 bars to a rap, or even play an instrument to create a lyrical masterpiece!
Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Intergenerational, High School, Elementary School, Adult Thursday, July 26, 2018 • 12:00am - 11:59pm South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) Create a playlist for your favorite book or literary character! Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Teen, Middle School, High School Thursday, July 26, 2018 • 10:30am - 11:00am South Regional Library (S. Alston Ave.) 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, July 26, 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 Tenant Rights. Registration is required; visit legalaidnc.org Ages: AdultSong Writing Contest! - Summer Reading Song! June 9 - August 11
Literary Mixtape - June 9 - Aug. 11
Toddler Rhyme Time
Song Writing Contest! - Summer Reading Song! June 9 - August 11
Literary Mixtape - June 9 - Aug. 11
Score Mentoring
Pre-School Storytime - Come Join the Fun!
American Girl: Kit 1924
Read to Me-Leame a mi - Teen reading to kids ages 4 to 10 in English or Spanish
Nonfiction Book Club
Music Trivia Night (canceled)
Song Writing Contest! - Summer Reading Song! June 9 - August 11
Literary Mixtape - June 9 - Aug. 11
Babytime Storytime
Score
Summer Reading Series copy - Maker Space
Song Writing Contest! - Summer Reading Song! June 9 - August 11
Literary Mixtape - June 9 - Aug. 11
FUNTIME STORYTIME
Legal Aid
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.
