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:
Saturday, April 17, 2021 • 9:45am - 11:00am Virtual Events (Zoom Room) The pandemic and other recent events have been hard on all of us in different ways. Take some time to reconnect with your body in this guided virtual yoga class with Durham-based teacher Patty Adams. Ages: Teen, High School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Saturday, April 17, 2021 • 12:00pm - 1:00pm Virtual Events (Zoom Room) Writer's block got you stuck? You can beat it! Join writer Erim Akpan for practical tips to help you break free. Ages: Teen, Senior Citizen, Adult Saturday, April 17, 2021 • 1:00pm - 2:00pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) Join our online penguin party! Today we will be making clay penguins with the help of Ms. Cynthia! Please pick up your clay from Stanford L. Warren Library before the day of the Penguin Party. Ages: Elementary School Monday, April 19, 2021 • 10:30am - 11:00am Virtual Events (Zoom Room) Join us for an interactive, live virtual lapsit-style storytime program via Zoom for babies & their caregivers focusing on early literacy! Intended age: Babies who are not yet walking/0-18 mths. Ages: Baby, Adult Tuesday, April 20, 2021 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) For 3 year olds to those in 3rd grade. Email mbelford@dconc.gov to get the access numbers. Para los de 3 anos al 3r grado. Manda un email a Monica al mbelford@dconc.gov para recibir la info de zoom. Ages: Pre-School, Kindergarten, Elementary School Tuesday, April 20, 2021 • 6:30pm - 8:30pm Virtual Events Durham Voices is a fiction critique group for those serious about working toward publication. Space is limited, so please email Phil at plocey@dconc.gov to inquire about availability. Ages: Adult Tuesday, April 20, 2021 • 7:00pm - 8:30pm Virtual Events Get hooked on crochet with your neighbors at the evening Crochet Club!
Ages: Senior Citizen, Adult Wednesday, April 21, 2021 • 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 Wednesday, April 21, 2021 • 11:00am - 11:30am Virtual Events (Zoom Room) Join Mr. Joel for a fun and exciting Zoom-based storytime full of songs, music, puppets, movement and more. REGISTRATION is REQUIRED. Ages: Toddler, Pre-School Wednesday, April 21, 2021 • 12:30pm - 2:00pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) Cook, compare, chat! Ages: Senior Citizen, Adult Wednesday, April 21, 2021 • 2:00pm - 3:00pm Virtual Events Join our online penguin party! Today we will be making clay penguins with the help of Ms. Cynthia! Please pick up your clay from Stanford L. Warren Library before the day of the Penguin Party. Ages: Elementary School Wednesday, April 21, 2021 • 2:00pm - 3:00pm Virtual Events Join our online penguin party! Today we will be making clay penguins with the help of Ms. Cynthia! Please pick up your clay from Stanford L. Warren Library before the day of the Penguin Party. Ages: Elementary School Wednesday, April 21, 2021 • 3:00pm - 4:00pm Virtual Events (Zoom Room) Be creative and paint your landscape with artist Christine! Art Kits will be provided for free! Pick them up at East Regional Library. Space is limited so register soon! Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Teen Thursday, April 22, 2021 • 10:00am - 11:00am Virtual Events (Zoom Room) We will be learning about the art of flower pressing. Register for the Zoom link! Ages: Kindergarten, High School, Elementary School Thursday, April 22, 2021 • 1:00pm - 2:00pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) The Eno River Association has published its first Eno River Journal in 20 years: Ribbons of Color Along the Eno River: The History of African Americans and People of Color Living on the Eno. Ages: Adult Thursday, April 22, 2021 • 3:00pm - 4:00pm Virtual Events (Zoom Room) Virtual community of retired citizens sharing stories, strategies, joys and sorrows. All ages and people are invited and celebrated. Join in and make it fun! Ages: Senior Citizen, Adult
Yoga for Every Body
How to Beat Writer's Block - Unleashing Your Creativity as a Writer
Penguin Pottery Party
Virtual Baby Storytime with Miss Diamond - Early Literacy
Listen and Draw Escuchar y Dibujar - con Molly y Monica
Durham Voices
Evening Crochet Club
Wacky Wednesday - Weekly Online Family Fun!
Virtual Funtime with Mr. Joel
Recipe Testers Cookbook Club
Penguin Pottery Party (canceled)
Penguin Pottery Party
Landscape Painting with Christine!
Homeschool Learning Lab: Art Studies - Flower Pressing
Ribbons of Color: An Eno River Journal
The Retirement Crew - Your Virtual Retired Library Community
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.
