3605 Shannon Road
Durham, North Carolina 27707 (map)
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, October 27, 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, October 27, 2020 • 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, October 27, 2020 • 1:00pm - 1:30pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting 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, Baby Tuesday, October 27, 2020 • 4:00pm - 4:00pm 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, October 27, 2020 • 5:00pm - 6:30pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) Vamos a leer mientras los niños escuchan y dibujan algo. We are going to read in English and Spanish while the kids listen and draw something from the stories. Email mbelford@dconc.gov to join us!
Ages: Elementary School Wednesday, October 28, 2020 • 10:00am - 11:00am Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) Join us for a discussion of The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash. Ages: Senior Citizen, Adult Wednesday, October 28, 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 Wednesday, October 28, 2020 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) Intermediate English for Spanish speakers
Ingles intermedio Ages: Adult Wednesday, October 28, 2020 • 6:30pm - 7:45pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) Clases de conversacion en ingles para el nivel intermedio y avanzado. Manda un texto a Monica al 919-937-7528 antes del 14 de octubre para anotarse. Solo hay 15 cupos. Ages: Adult Thursday, October 29, 2020 • 10:00am - 11:00am Virtual Events Join us to celebrate Dia de los muertos. Ages: Middle School, High School, Elementary School Thursday, October 29, 2020 • 10:30am - 10:45am Virtual Events We'll share a Youtube video every other Thursday at 10:30am. We'll create, cook, teach and more! Ages: Tweens: 9-12 Year Olds, Teen, Pre-School, Middle School, Intergenerational, High School, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Elementary School, Adult Thursday, October 29, 2020 • 7:00pm - 7:30pm Virtual Events Check-in with us every Thursday at 7 pm for new excursions posted for our adult audience. Ages: Senior Citizen, Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds, Adult Thursday, October 29, 2020 • 7:30pm - 8:30pm Virtual Events (Zoom Meeting Room) Join us for Hocus Pocus Trivia! Ages: Teen, Middle School, High SchoolToddler Tuesday - Weekly Online Fun!
Crochet Club
Virtual Funtime with Mr. Joel
Totally Teens
Listen and Draw Bilingual- Escuchar y Dibujar Bilingue - for Kinder-5th grade para los de kinder al 5to grado
Fourth Wednesday Book Club
Wacky Wednesday - Weekly Online Family Fun!
Intermediate English for Spanish speakers Ingles intermedio
Ingles clases de conversacion
Homeschool Learning Lab - Dia de los Muertos
Bilingual Biweekly Videos on Youtube - Learn French, learn Spanish, learn bilingual crafts + more!
Adult Thursday
Hocus Pocus Trivia Night!
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.
