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
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 • 9:00am - 11:00am Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Tutoring/Study Room #1 - Room 125) Come test out your mah jongg skills with players of all skill level. Be sure to bring your tiles and cards. Ages: Adult Thursday, November 15, 2018 • 10:30am - 11:00am Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Meeting Room - Full Room) Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, flannel board stories,
instruments and bubbles! Ages: Toddler Thursday, November 15, 2018 • 11:15am - 11:45am Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Children's Programming Room) Hola Amigos, vengan a cantar canciones y escuchar historias en espanol. Espero verte pronto! Hi kids, join us for songs and stories all in Spanish. I hope to see you there! Ages: Pre-School Thursday, November 15, 2018 • 4:30pm - 5:15pm Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Children's Programming Room) Come design and build a catapult to launch mini marshmallows across the room! Ages 8-11, registration required. Ages: Elementary School Thursday, November 15, 2018 • 6:00pm - 7:30pm Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Teen Computer Area) Instructors from the Community Workshop Series at UNC-CH teach this course. Students will use library computers. Ages: Adult Thursday, November 15, 2018 • 6:30pm - 8:30pm Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Tutoring/Study Room #1 - Room 125) Join members of the Durham Orange Quilters Guild for social quilting, support, and fun. The bee is open to anyone interested, but you will need to bring your own sewing machine or handwork supplies. Ages: Adult Thursday, November 15, 2018 • 7:00pm - 8:30pm Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Children's Programming Room) Join in the fun of collective couponing, and learn from fellow couponers ways to save even more money on your grocery bill. Ages: Adult Friday, November 16, 2018 • 10:30am - 11:00am Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Meeting Room - Full Room) Boost your Friday fun by singing, dancing, clapping and bouncing to a wide variety of music. Ages: Pre-School, Elementary School, Baby Friday, November 16, 2018 • 4:00pm - 5:00pm Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Children's Programming Room) We bring the LEGOs, you bring the imagination. Ages: Kindergarten, Elementary School Saturday, November 17, 2018 • 10:00am - 11:30am Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Tutoring/Study Room #1 - Room 125) This group allows intermediate and advanced speakers to practice Spanish conversation. Ages: Adult Saturday, November 17, 2018 • 10:00am - 11:00am Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Children's Programming Room) Enjoy German Storytime! These programs
include stories, songs and often a craft.
All in the German language. For children up
to age 5. Ages: Toddler, Pre-School, Baby Saturday, November 17, 2018 • 2:00pm - 3:30pm Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Children's Programming Room) Enjoy comic books or graphic novels? Join us for the monthly meeting of Durham County Library's Graphic Book Club. Ages: Teen, Adult Monday, November 19, 2018 • 9:15am - 10:00am Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Meeting Room - Full Room) Lots of interactive music and movement.
Play instruments. Followed by a brief storytime.
Come check it out! For children: babies to age 4. Ages: Toddler, Pre-School, Baby Monday, November 19, 2018 • 10:30am - 11:00am Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Meeting Room - Full Room) Songs, stories and playtime. Ages: Baby Monday, November 19, 2018 • 11:15am - 11:45am Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Meeting Room - Full Room) Songs, stories, fingerplays and playtime. Ages: Baby Monday, November 19, 2018 • 1:30pm - 2:30pm Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Meeting Room - Full Room) This yoga class welcomes all bodies and all levels of experience. Ages: Teen, Elementary School, Adult Monday, November 19, 2018 • 4:00pm - 5:00pm Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Meeting Room - Full Room) Join us at the library for monthly makerspace projects. For teens and tweens, ages 9 and up! Please register. Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Teen Monday, November 19, 2018 • 6:30pm - 8:03pm Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Meeting Room - Full Room) Ages: Adult Monday, November 19, 2018 • 6:30pm - 8:30pm Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Tutoring/Study Room #2 - Room 120) Come test out your mah jongg skills with players of all skill level. Be sure to bring your tiles and cards. Ages: Adult Monday, November 19, 2018 • 6:30pm - 8:30pm Southwest Regional Library (Shannon Rd.) (Southwest - Children's Programming Room) Are you ready to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no man has gone before? Ages: Senior Citizen, Intergenerational, High School, AdultMah Jongg
Two Year Olds Storytime - Enjoy a storytime with your two year old.
Tiempo de Historia en Espanol / Spanish Storytime
Candy Catapults
Computer Class - Job Searching & Resume
Quilting Bee
Durham Coupon Swap
Live & Sing
LEGO Lab
Tertulia - Spanish Conversation
German Storytime
Graphic Book Club
Music Makers - Enjoy music with your child.
Baby Lapsits - Enjoy a storytime just for baby.
Baby Lapsit Storytime - Enjoy a storytime just for Baby!
Family Yoga
Maker Monday
Down South Shuffle
Mah Jongg
Artemis - Spaceship Bridge Simulator
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.
