Our library team member, Chloe, shares why Howel's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones is one of her favorite books! Click the link below to visit our YouTube channel and see our most recent book review: youtube.com/shorts/Xu2-t... #DurhamCountyLibrary #DCoL #ChildrensBooks #BookReviews

📣We're excited to announce that 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. Click the link below for our YouTube channel to learn more: youtube.com/shorts/soEco...

📣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.

📢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

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.

Join us at the Durham County Main Library for Homework with Friends, a welcoming and educational program designed for students in grades K - 5. Space is limited and registration is required, so reserve your spot today!: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14819766

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

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...

Hear all about our upcoming exercise challenge from South Regional Library team member Jessica! Trackers are available to pick up now, and the challenge will run from September 19 - October 31. Check out the upcoming challenge on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/shorts/VVJzQ...

Looking for your next read? Our library team shares what they enjoyed the most about their favorite book! Check out our new book review on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/shorts/XTQGa... #DurhamCountyLibrary #FixingSocialSecurity #RDouglasArnold

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

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*

Take a tour with us as we explore our historical Bragtown Branch Library location with Felecia Brown and Melanie Jimenez! For the full video visit us at our YouTube channel: youtu.be/GEdPG1JcXUk

📣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

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

Our library team member Cade gives their take on an exciting new read entitled More Everything Forever! Visit us at our YouTube channel to see our new book review: youtube.com/shorts/zq2Ao...

Need internet at home? We're teaming up with Durham County to provide FREE MiFi hotspots to help get 600 residents connected. Applications are open now! See if you're eligible at durhamnc.gov/5397 https://www.wunc.org/term/news/2025-08-14/durham-free-wi-fi-access-low-income-households-limited-mifi

📢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

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 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

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

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

Check out our monthly newsletter below for back to school events, contests, library resources and more! 📖🍎🎒💻 #LibraryResources #BacktoSchool #Backtoschoolevents durhamcountylibrary.org/wp-content/u...

Join Jennifer Jamsky, our Accessibility Services Coordinator, as she guides us on a tour through our sensory spaces, and highlights our sensory engagement resources! Visit us at our YouTube channel: youtu.be/C-RPnrTfu_Y

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

Project BUILD is hosting a summer camp for participants and on Tuesday morning they had a meet and greet with the Board of County Commissioners Chair Nida Allam, Vice Chair Mike Lee, Wendy Jacobs, Stephen Valentine and Michelle Burton, as well as County Manager Claudia Hager!

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?

Interesting and intense are just a few words our library team member, Austin uses to describe a photographer's memoir! Visit our YouTube channel to see our most recent book review: youtube.com/shorts/9j5Tr... #DurhamCountyLibrary #Photography #LynseyAddario #bookreviews

💻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

Donate to "Fill the Bus" by August 8! Help fuel the school year at Durham Public Schools for teachers & students by supporting the community-powered school supply drive by making a donation or dropping off supplies at Crayons2Calculators warehouse at 808 Bacon St or other locations. fillthatbus.org

🍁🍁🍂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

🎨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

Hello, #DurhamCounty! It's time for the latest Durham This Week Online newsletter! Inside, Manager Hager provides an update on 2 partners using ARPA dollars to help small business & entrepreneurs in #DCo! We've also got plenty of #localgov news, jobs, events & more! Read: mailchi.mp/dconc/here-i...

NOTICE: Tonight's Board of County Commissioners Regular Session has been MOVED to the Human Services Building, 2nd Floor, Conference Rooms B & C, at 414 E. Main Street. Residents are invited to attend. Meeting moved due to HVAC issues at the Administration I Building. Thank you for understanding.

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.

📣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

🧵 As part of its annual Project Safe Neighborhoods Stop the Violence Resource Fair (coming in August), the Durham County Sheriff's Office is asking for donations of school supplies for our area youth! Donate items in marked drop boxes on the 1st, 2nd 3rd & floor lobbies at 510 S. Dillard St. 1/2

As the weekend approaches be sure to check out the latest Durham This Week Online! Inside, Manager Hager writes about the National Association of Counties Conference & our award-winning staff! We've also got #localgov news, jobs, events, videos & more! Read it here: mailchi.mp/dconc/check-...

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...

¡Todavía nos quedan algunas plazas! Traiga a toda su familia (¡y su apetito!) a la Biblioteca Principal y aprenda a preparar comidas deliciosas y saludables. Es necesario inscribirse: durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14627674

Looking for your next read? Our library team shares what they enjoyed the most about their favorite book! 📖 Book reviewed: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco youtube.com/shorts/WP9ai... DurhamCountyLibrary.org #DurhamCountyLibrary #TheNameoftheRose #UmbertoEco #bookreviews #MysteryBooks

Looking for your next read? Our library team shares what they enjoyed the most about their favorite book! 📖 Book reviewed: The Prediabetes Diet Plan by Hillary Wright, M.Ed, RDN Visit us at our YouTube channel to see our new book review: youtube.com/shorts/d-GzO... #DurhamCountyLibrary

It's Flashback Friday! This month, we’re flashing back to the theme of animals. Humans are animals, aren’t they? And we can’t help but love to dress up like them sometimes. Here is a photo of Tatiana and Budge performing a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream, circa 1890.

Happy World Chocolate Day🎉 #Swipe to explore a few books about everything chocolate! DurhamCountyLibrary.org #WorldChocolateDay #DurhamCountyLibrary

📢The library will be closed Friday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. 📢La biblioteca estará cerrada viernes, 4 de julio para conmemorar el Día de la Independencia. DurhamCountyLibrary.org

We're excited to announce that Durham County Main Library has won Durham Magazine's 2025 Best of Durham - Reader's Favorite for Best Family Outing! We want to send a big thank you to our community and team members for all of your support. DurhamCountyLibrary.org

Every Monday this summer (including today 6/23 at 3pm), join us, @cityofdurhamnc.bsky.social & other partners for dynamic community discussions around Arts & Culture in Durham at Main Library! Come share your ideas, experiences & hopes for the future. Get Zoom info at CreativeDurham.org/FocusGroup

📢The library will be closed Friday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. 📢La biblioteca estará cerrada viernes, 4 de julio para conmemorar el Día de la Independencia. DurhamCountyLibrary.org

Escape the heat today and join us at your favorite library location. The A/C is keeping us cool! Please visit DurhamCountyLibrary.org for hours and locations.