Durham County Library
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📣Durham County Library will be expanding our opening hours!
📌Beginning Sunday, October 5, Durham County's Main Library location will reopen for Sunday hours from 1 - 6 p.m. Please note that only Main Library will open for Sunday hours.
📌Beginning Sunday, October 5, Durham County's Main Library location will reopen for Sunday hours from 1 - 6 p.m. Please note that only Main Library will open for Sunday hours.
September 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📣Durham County Library will be expanding our opening hours!
📌Beginning Sunday, October 5, Durham County's Main Library location will reopen for Sunday hours from 1 - 6 p.m. Please note that only Main Library will open for Sunday hours.
📌Beginning Sunday, October 5, Durham County's Main Library location will reopen for Sunday hours from 1 - 6 p.m. Please note that only Main Library will open for Sunday hours.
📢The library will be closed on Thursday, October 23 for Staff Development Day.
📢La biblioteca estará cerrada jueves, 23 de octubre para el día de desarrollo del personal.
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
📢La biblioteca estará cerrada jueves, 23 de octubre para el día de desarrollo del personal.
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
📢The library will be closed on Thursday, October 23 for Staff Development Day.
📢La biblioteca estará cerrada jueves, 23 de octubre para el día de desarrollo del personal.
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
📢La biblioteca estará cerrada jueves, 23 de octubre para el día de desarrollo del personal.
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
Thank you to all of the participants who submitted a graphic for our 2026 Library Fest Logo Contest. The submissions are in and now it's time to vote!
🗳To vote for your favorite logo visit us at DurhamCountyLibrary.org/LibraryFest. Voting ends October 3, 2025.
🗳To vote for your favorite logo visit us at DurhamCountyLibrary.org/LibraryFest. Voting ends October 3, 2025.
September 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Thank you to all of the participants who submitted a graphic for our 2026 Library Fest Logo Contest. The submissions are in and now it's time to vote!
🗳To vote for your favorite logo visit us at DurhamCountyLibrary.org/LibraryFest. Voting ends October 3, 2025.
🗳To vote for your favorite logo visit us at DurhamCountyLibrary.org/LibraryFest. Voting ends October 3, 2025.
Join us for a phone free hour of reading, coloring, brain teasers, quiet conversation, and more, and take back your attention! 📚🎨
Registration encouraged but not required.
Learn more:
durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/15106790
#Reading #DurhamCountyLibrary #LibraryEvents
Registration encouraged but not required.
Learn more:
durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/15106790
#Reading #DurhamCountyLibrary #LibraryEvents
September 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Join us for a phone free hour of reading, coloring, brain teasers, quiet conversation, and more, and take back your attention! 📚🎨
Registration encouraged but not required.
Learn more:
durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/15106790
#Reading #DurhamCountyLibrary #LibraryEvents
Registration encouraged but not required.
Learn more:
durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/15106790
#Reading #DurhamCountyLibrary #LibraryEvents
Join us for Empowerment Unleashed at Main Library on September 29!
Empowerment Unleashed is a community-centered workshop to equip displaces individuals with essential tools for personal and professional growth.
Register here: gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Empowerment Unleashed is a community-centered workshop to equip displaces individuals with essential tools for personal and professional growth.
Register here: gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
September 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Join us for Empowerment Unleashed at Main Library on September 29!
Empowerment Unleashed is a community-centered workshop to equip displaces individuals with essential tools for personal and professional growth.
Register here: gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Empowerment Unleashed is a community-centered workshop to equip displaces individuals with essential tools for personal and professional growth.
Register here: gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Join us for Andean Rhapsody of Verses in Two Voices, a bilingual poetry presentation by Bolivian poet, professor, and songwriter Betty Ayala Falvey.
📌Learn more: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14946114
📌Learn more: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14946114
September 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Join us for Andean Rhapsody of Verses in Two Voices, a bilingual poetry presentation by Bolivian poet, professor, and songwriter Betty Ayala Falvey.
📌Learn more: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14946114
📌Learn more: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14946114
It’s Friday Flashback, and the theme is “Back to School.” Students are heading back to the classroom! Today we take computers for granted, but they weren’t widely used in schools and libraries until the1980 and 1990s. *see posts below for full caption*
September 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It’s Friday Flashback, and the theme is “Back to School.” Students are heading back to the classroom! Today we take computers for granted, but they weren’t widely used in schools and libraries until the1980 and 1990s. *see posts below for full caption*
📣Announcement: On Monday, September 8, Bragtown Branch Library will begin new Monday hours of 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. The Bragtown Branch Library will now be open Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.📚
📌For more information about locations and hours, please visit us at DurhamCountyLibrary.org
📌For more information about locations and hours, please visit us at DurhamCountyLibrary.org
September 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
📣Announcement: On Monday, September 8, Bragtown Branch Library will begin new Monday hours of 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. The Bragtown Branch Library will now be open Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.📚
📌For more information about locations and hours, please visit us at DurhamCountyLibrary.org
📌For more information about locations and hours, please visit us at DurhamCountyLibrary.org
ICYMI: 📢The library will be closed on Monday, September 1 in observance of Labor Day.
📢La biblioteca estará cerrada lunes, 1 de spetiembre para conmemorar el Día del Trabajo.
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
📢La biblioteca estará cerrada lunes, 1 de spetiembre para conmemorar el Día del Trabajo.
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
August 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
ICYMI: 📢The library will be closed on Monday, September 1 in observance of Labor Day.
📢La biblioteca estará cerrada lunes, 1 de spetiembre para conmemorar el Día del Trabajo.
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
📢La biblioteca estará cerrada lunes, 1 de spetiembre para conmemorar el Día del Trabajo.
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
📢The library will be closed on Monday, September 1 in observance of Labor Day.
📢La biblioteca estará cerrada lunes, 1 de spetiembre para conmemorar el Día del Trabajo.
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
📢La biblioteca estará cerrada lunes, 1 de spetiembre para conmemorar el Día del Trabajo.
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
August 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
📢The library will be closed on Monday, September 1 in observance of Labor Day.
📢La biblioteca estará cerrada lunes, 1 de spetiembre para conmemorar el Día del Trabajo.
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
📢La biblioteca estará cerrada lunes, 1 de spetiembre para conmemorar el Día del Trabajo.
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
TURTLES! Who? What? Where? When? Why?🐢
Join Jeff Beane, Herpetology Collection Manager for the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, to learn more about these patient reptiles!
For more info. about this event: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/13405833
Join Jeff Beane, Herpetology Collection Manager for the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, to learn more about these patient reptiles!
For more info. about this event: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/13405833
August 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
TURTLES! Who? What? Where? When? Why?🐢
Join Jeff Beane, Herpetology Collection Manager for the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, to learn more about these patient reptiles!
For more info. about this event: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/13405833
Join Jeff Beane, Herpetology Collection Manager for the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, to learn more about these patient reptiles!
For more info. about this event: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/13405833
Join Plant Ecologist Sam Wright for an engaging overview of native plants—what they are, what makes them unique, and why they’re essential to the health of our ecosystems!
For more info. about this event: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14581117
For more info. about this event: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14581117
August 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Join Plant Ecologist Sam Wright for an engaging overview of native plants—what they are, what makes them unique, and why they’re essential to the health of our ecosystems!
For more info. about this event: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14581117
For more info. about this event: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14581117
Join North Carolina Conservation Biologist Mike Walter for an evening of aquatic fun as he explores the wet wildlife right in our backyards!
For more info. on this event: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14161301
For more info. on this event: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14161301
August 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Join North Carolina Conservation Biologist Mike Walter for an evening of aquatic fun as he explores the wet wildlife right in our backyards!
For more info. on this event: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14161301
For more info. on this event: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14161301
As our #2025SummerReading events come to a close we wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of our participants and congratulate the winners of our Teen Art Contest!🎨
🏆Congratulations to our 1st place winner Nina and our 2nd place winner Micaela!
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
🏆Congratulations to our 1st place winner Nina and our 2nd place winner Micaela!
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
August 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
As our #2025SummerReading events come to a close we wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of our participants and congratulate the winners of our Teen Art Contest!🎨
🏆Congratulations to our 1st place winner Nina and our 2nd place winner Micaela!
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
🏆Congratulations to our 1st place winner Nina and our 2nd place winner Micaela!
DurhamCountyLibrary.org
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August 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Want to stay up to date on #events, #announcements, and all things #DurhamCountyLibrary? You can connect with us below!
📌YouTube: Youtube.com/DurhamCountyLibrary
📌Bluesky: durhamcountylib.bsky.social
📌Instagram: Instagram.com/durhamcountylibrary/
📌Facebook: Facebook.com/DurhamCountyLibrary
📌YouTube: Youtube.com/DurhamCountyLibrary
📌Bluesky: durhamcountylib.bsky.social
📌Instagram: Instagram.com/durhamcountylibrary/
📌Facebook: Facebook.com/DurhamCountyLibrary
The photo below is an aerial view of Chapel Hill St. with the Carolina Theatre visible, middle left.
August 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The photo below is an aerial view of Chapel Hill St. with the Carolina Theatre visible, middle left.
For the photos below:
1. Main street at Five Points, looking towards what’s now Pizzeria Toro and M Pocha restaurants
2. Corner of Foster and Chapel Hill Streets, now the Marriott hotel
1. Main street at Five Points, looking towards what’s now Pizzeria Toro and M Pocha restaurants
2. Corner of Foster and Chapel Hill Streets, now the Marriott hotel
August 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
For the photos below:
1. Main street at Five Points, looking towards what’s now Pizzeria Toro and M Pocha restaurants
2. Corner of Foster and Chapel Hill Streets, now the Marriott hotel
1. Main street at Five Points, looking towards what’s now Pizzeria Toro and M Pocha restaurants
2. Corner of Foster and Chapel Hill Streets, now the Marriott hotel
It’s Flashback Friday, and today we’re sharing photos of downtown Durham in the 1980s from the North Carolina Collection. You might be surprised by what looks the same – and by what’s changed over the past four decades! Do you recognize these locations around downtown?
August 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It’s Flashback Friday, and today we’re sharing photos of downtown Durham in the 1980s from the North Carolina Collection. You might be surprised by what looks the same – and by what’s changed over the past four decades! Do you recognize these locations around downtown?
💻Anyone can be a victim to online scamming. This workshop will will go over basic online security, ways to spot common scams, and a few of the most recent scamming tactics to watch out for.
Event info.: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14956548
Event info.: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14956548
July 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
💻Anyone can be a victim to online scamming. This workshop will will go over basic online security, ways to spot common scams, and a few of the most recent scamming tactics to watch out for.
Event info.: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14956548
Event info.: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14956548
🍁🍁🍂Learn how leaving your leaves in the fall to naturally decompose back into your garden benefits the birds and insects, helps with climate change and flooding as well as saving time and money!
Event info.: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/12770894
Event info.: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/12770894
July 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🍁🍁🍂Learn how leaving your leaves in the fall to naturally decompose back into your garden benefits the birds and insects, helps with climate change and flooding as well as saving time and money!
Event info.: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/12770894
Event info.: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/12770894
🎨Join us at Bragtown Branch Library for our Pawject Runway event on, July 30th from 4 - 5 p.m., to create a handmade craft for your pet!
📐We will have sewing machines, fabric, yarn, beads, and other materials for you to use.
Learn more: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14725806
📐We will have sewing machines, fabric, yarn, beads, and other materials for you to use.
Learn more: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14725806
July 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🎨Join us at Bragtown Branch Library for our Pawject Runway event on, July 30th from 4 - 5 p.m., to create a handmade craft for your pet!
📐We will have sewing machines, fabric, yarn, beads, and other materials for you to use.
Learn more: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14725806
📐We will have sewing machines, fabric, yarn, beads, and other materials for you to use.
Learn more: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14725806
Escape the heat today and join us at your favorite library location. The A/C is keeping us cool!
Please note that Durham County Library is closed on Sundays.
Please visit DurhamCountyLibrary.org for hours and locations.
Please note that Durham County Library is closed on Sundays.
Please visit DurhamCountyLibrary.org for hours and locations.
July 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Escape the heat today and join us at your favorite library location. The A/C is keeping us cool!
Please note that Durham County Library is closed on Sundays.
Please visit DurhamCountyLibrary.org for hours and locations.
Please note that Durham County Library is closed on Sundays.
Please visit DurhamCountyLibrary.org for hours and locations.
Library Fest Logo Concurso:¿Quién puede diseñarlo mejor?
Diseña un LOGO para Library Fest 2026 de la Biblioteca del Condado de Durham: Las historias que construyeron a Estados Unidos.
Diseña un LOGO para Library Fest 2026 de la Biblioteca del Condado de Durham: Las historias que construyeron a Estados Unidos.
July 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Library Fest Logo Concurso:¿Quién puede diseñarlo mejor?
Diseña un LOGO para Library Fest 2026 de la Biblioteca del Condado de Durham: Las historias que construyeron a Estados Unidos.
Diseña un LOGO para Library Fest 2026 de la Biblioteca del Condado de Durham: Las historias que construyeron a Estados Unidos.
📣It's time for our 2026 Library Fest Logo Contest! Our theme for our 6th Edition of Library Fest will be "The Stories that Built Us." The winning design becomes the official logo of Library Fest 2026
Learn more: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14939497
Learn more: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14939497
July 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
📣It's time for our 2026 Library Fest Logo Contest! Our theme for our 6th Edition of Library Fest will be "The Stories that Built Us." The winning design becomes the official logo of Library Fest 2026
Learn more: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14939497
Learn more: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14939497
Temperatures are heating up again, but you can always cool down at your local library.
For more info about Durham County Library hours and locations click the link in our bio and select "Hours & Locations" or you can visit: durhamcountylibrary.org/hours-and-lo...
For more info about Durham County Library hours and locations click the link in our bio and select "Hours & Locations" or you can visit: durhamcountylibrary.org/hours-and-lo...
July 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Temperatures are heating up again, but you can always cool down at your local library.
For more info about Durham County Library hours and locations click the link in our bio and select "Hours & Locations" or you can visit: durhamcountylibrary.org/hours-and-lo...
For more info about Durham County Library hours and locations click the link in our bio and select "Hours & Locations" or you can visit: durhamcountylibrary.org/hours-and-lo...