3605 Shannon Road
Durham, North Carolina 27707 (map)
Phone: 919-560-8590
Interim Manager: Ruth Link
Southwest Regional Library is served by DATA bus route 10B.
Hours
Open for hold pickup by reservation only
All library events are currently being held virtually. Check out some of these upcoming events online:
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 • 10:30am - 12:00pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) Get hooked on crochet with your neighbors at the morning Crochet Club!
Ages: Senior Citizen, Adult Tuesday, April 13, 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 13, 2021 • 6:30pm - 8:30pm Virtual Events (Zoom Room) A virtual write-in for those participating in Camp NaNoWriMo in April. Ages: Adult Wednesday, April 14, 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 14, 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 14, 2021 • 4:00pm - 5:00pm Virtual Events (Zoom Room) What would you do to get back something you lost?
Are you wrong for wanting it back? This month's book club pick is City of Villains by Estelle Laure! Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Teen, Middle School, High School Thursday, April 15, 2021 • 10:00am - 11:00am Virtual Events (Zoom Room) We will have a science lesson with Ms. Ferris. Ages: Teen, Middle School, High School, Elementary School Thursday, April 15, 2021 • 7:00pm - 8:30pm Virtual Events (Zoom Room) Meeting of the South Regional Fiction Book Club Ages: Adult 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, AdultMorning Crochet Club
Listen and Draw Escuchar y Dibujar - con Molly y Monica
Camp NaNo Write-In
Wacky Wednesday - Weekly Online Family Fun!
Virtual Funtime with Mr. Joel
Villains Have More Fun - Teen Book Club
Homeschool Learning Lab - Science
South Fiction Book Club
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
Southwest Regional Library opened May 24, 2010.
LEED Certification
Southwest Regional Library has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver 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:
- 25,000 square feet
- public meeting room (seats 100)
- children’s program room
- two study rooms (seats 8)
Collection capacity:
- 100,700
- 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
- Community board (must be approved by Facility Manager)
- Children’s programs and storytimes
- Adult programs
- Public access photocopiers
- Self-check out units
- Automated Check-In System for instant returns
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 Southwest 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 Southwest Regional at 919-560-8590.
