Seats available! Are you curious what an aura is and how it might affect you? An aura is a distinctive quality that seems to surround and be generated by a person.  Paranormal author and Aura Consultant, Sydney Sherman, has been studying auras for many years and will share everything you need to know to understand your own aura, from color to personality trait and how it can impact your life. Join us for a special zoom presentation! Registration required and a zoom link will be sent to you before our program.
Please register here!

Event will take place over Zoom on Tuesday September 22 7-9 pm. 

Take a virtual ride through Connecticut’s wine country and learn about our state’s 40+ wineries. Our wine guide is Michelle Griffis, an enthusiast of Connecticut’s wineries, nicknamed by friends as “The Nutmeg Nose.”  Michelle will discuss the array of fantastic, award-winning wineries here in our state. She will also share dining options which include vineyards with on-site cafes, food trucks, and BYO picnic options. Whether you like a dry rose’, a crisp white, or a hearty red, our state offers a wine for your palette.  With beautiful scenery, daily tastings, and live music, Connecticut wineries make great destinations

Shel is an avid wine enthusiast from Rocky Hill, CT who enjoys visiting vineyards and learning about wine. She wrote for the CT Wine Trail from September 2016 until the winter of 2017. While not still writing for ctwine.com, she likes to share her experiences along the Trail and encourage others to get to know the local vineyards and wineries, as well as the people who work in them and their wine.

Wednesday June 24 7 pm. This program is a Zoom program and registration is required. You will receive an email with the Zoom link prior to the presentation. Register here.

Holds: Holds may be placed on materials using the online catalog or by calling the library. You will receive an email, text, or phone call when your materials are available and you may come to the library during open hours to pick them up.

Curbside Pickup: If you would prefer curbside pickup, please call the library to request it when your holds are available. We will arrange a time to pick up materials in front of the Library.  

Inter-library Deliveries: Inter-library loans are available from other libraries in the LION Consortium. Due to new materials handling processes, holds on materials from other libraries may be delayed.

What About Returns?

• 1. Items may be returned in our book drop at any time. Returned items will be held for a minimum of 72 hours before being reshelved.
• 2. Please do not leave returned items outside the library entrance — use the book drop.

Please call the library at (860) 349-9544 if you have questions.

Need some quiet time? Want to get some work done? Our building may be closed, but the wifi in our parking lot is always open. No need to get out of the car and no password necessary.

Audible has released a selection of their children’s and teen audio books for the duration of school closures.

Click here to check them out!

Tumble Books has made their collection of e-books and audiobooks available to library users for free through August 31, 2020. There are five databases available, each with their own direct link:

Tumble Books Library – K-6 children’s e-book database

Tumble Math – K – 6 math e-book database

Teen Book Cloud – Grades 7 – 12 e-book database

Audio Book Cloud – All ages audiobook database

Romance Book Cloud – a huge collection of steamy Romance novels for the older crowd!

Today we are launching a new logo, part of an updated visual identity for the Durham Public Library. You will see the new logo on our website, social media, and printed materials.

I’m sure many people are asking, “Why? We liked the old one!”

We didn’t change the logo just for the sake of change. We are continually evolving to meet the needs of our community and a simpler, more colorful logo does a better job of communicating what the library is now, in 2019. The Durham Public Library logo has been updated several times over the last 120 years, to keep up with changes in services or technology. Our most recent logo was developed in the 1990s and incorporates several elements from earlier logos, including the original library building, trees, and the arched window that is a large part of the library’s architectural identity. While the logo is very charming, the intricate pencil drawing is hard to reproduce and was not designed with today’s digital media in mind.

Library Logos Through the Years

The new logo is an evolution from the previous logos, rather than a completely new design. We kept the arched shape of the palladian window which is a hallmark of our building and we incorporated a modern, stylized tree, symbolizing both the Library’s roots in the community and our mission to help all Durham’s citizens to read, discover, and grow. We stayed true to our “Durham Green” but in a brighter, more modern palette.

We hope you like the new look and feel for the Durham Public Library.  We look forward to seeing you in the Library soon, where you will see that one thing hasn’t changed: our commitment to warm and welcoming public service.

The new logo and brand identity was designed by Rebel Interactive Group and funded by a grant from CT Humanities.

Connecticut Humanities, a nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, supports cultural and historic organizations that tell the state’s stories, build community and enrich lives.