Southwest Branch Durham County Public Library

Beautiful library and plenty of books to choose from. The staff there are kind and extremely helpful. I must say however that some of those security guards need to either relax or come to terms with their minimal station of authority. Aside from that this is a great place to study, read, and check out books.

In the Name of Allah, The Most Kind, The Most Merciful. It is a great resource for the community. Very polite staff and a very clean facility.

My favorite place. The people helping, full kind there are the best. I Thank you very much what you do. I have been using this Library the day I moved to Durham over 5 years.

Amazing library - excellent service, selection, and staff! Durham truly has a great library system, but this one is especially good.

This is our go-to library in Durham. Not so big that it's overwhelming, but large enough to have a great selection of books as well as meeting and computer rooms. The children's area is on the left as you enter and is really nice. A few more comfy chairs spread throughout for reading would be a wonderful addition.

Mask mandate has been lifted almost everywhere but this library. How come UNC health science library doesn't require mask but here does? You're not even allowed to take off your mask in their private study rooms!!! It's so so obtuse of library management. Plus, A/C still makes a weird noise every 3-5 seconds in the study room even though my wife asked them to fix it 2 weeks ago.

It is a wonderful public library that functions as a No Fee Library. A true resource and asset to all Durham residents.

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 chasing him around.

The best library in Durham. Cleanliness, staff courtesy, and selection are all five stars.

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!!! Thank you so much