Durham County Library - Stanford L. Warren Branch Library — Attraction in Durham

This Library is one of the smallest in Durham that I have been to. The internet is slow and it might not be the environment that you are used to. Do not let that stop you from visiting. The staff is friendly, encouraging and very helpful. I use the children's section alot with my kids and they love coming.

The best part about this library that I must brag on is cultural history and the books for sale located at the front of the library. I am super impressed by the pictures of founders and children at the library during times of segregation. Keeps things very relevant. I don't know who chooses the books to sell at this Library but if you are looking for books by black authors with African American characters you will NEVER be let down at this Library. They have the best selection throughout the year in the city. And the prices are a steal for books you would pay more for even on Amazon. I love...

It’s smells terrible here! The pollient smell of trash and dirty laundry was so distracting and overwhelming that I could not concentrate. The cleanliness of this facility is a health concern. They need to spray Lysol or Sanitizer spray in designated areas to combat the smell. You cannot even seat in there comfortably without the strong overpowering smell of old dirty trash! It smells very bad, it is truly unsanitary.Use Clorox wipes or disinfectant towels to wipe down your tables and desktops. Please address the cleanliness and unsanitary issue of your facility. It is a health concerns and unfair to the public to have to endure...

Don’t get me wrong, this is a great library, with a great staff, although a bit small. Which brings me to my only complaint, THE SECURITY GUARDS...the guards here (some, not all) are overbearing when it comes to leaving room for patrons to use their laptops. I was told by a security guard that I had to move “because security would be setting up here”. Security essentially gets paid to be there and use their laptops 50% of the time they are there, but I don’t get paid to use the facility as patron..this seems...