Durham County Library - Southwest Regional Library — Attraction in Durham

This library is absolutely fantastic for young children. There is a great selection of board books and picture books and a sizeable selection in Spanish as well. The storytime/songs classes for children and babies we have attended there have been run by the kindest, most engaging leaders. At Halloween of 2022 they did the entire multipurpose room up as a (gently) spooky maze that families could explore with a flashlight and it rivaled ticketed attractions that I have attended for kids.There are always fresh crayons, coloring papers and puzzles strategically placed by the checkout station for little impatient ones to entertain themselves as their caregivers scan their items to borrow. And recently we discovered bundles of books with high-interest topics assembled together for you to take without having to browse. We got two wonderful books about trains that my toddler adored and I never would have found them by myself while...

I had gotten off from work and needed to print some VERY important stuff for an amazing career opportunity. I arrived 20 minutes before closing. I don't have a library card (at least I didn't think I had one) and was told I needed one to operate the computer. The nice receptionist processed my ID (which I forgot in my car...and to mention earlier) that I had to waste more of their time getting. Unfortunately, everything was closing, including the computers. The library was going to be closed until Monday which is when I needed to have my documents ready. While I'm on the verge of freaking out, they tell me I can email my documents to them and they can print it out that way. I do it with 7 minutes to spare. The receptionist went above and beyond to help me out and now I will be ready for my new job!!!

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In my opinion, this particular branch is the best of all located in Durham. Unlike the other library branches that I have visited within the city, the Southwest Regional branch has a dedicated area where visitors can eat their lunches without having to exist the building. The library staff is tremendous, always polite, (many saying "hello" in a friendly manner as I have in through the door on many occasions) and quite knowledgeable. I have found that this branch is also the quietest of all that I have visited, despite the fact that they run many programs in the morning for pre-school kids. The library is also kept quite clean coming from the maintenance staff. Finally their list of books, periodicals, etc is quite large; containing materials...