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Clicking on a branch link below will take you to the home page for that branch. This will give you a full description of the branch, including its hours, phone number and address, and directions via car or MARTA, complete with maps.

Alphabetic List of Branches

Bond Library Branches

DeKalb County Public Libraries will be constructing new, replacement and expanded libraries between Fall 2007 and December 2010. The following libraries will be affected. Please click on each branch for more specific information and to see the progress as these changes are being made.

Bond Library Projects Overview - read more about the bond libraries and how the branches were selected.

• Brookhaven Library (Replacement)
• Ellenwood Library (New)
• Embry Hills Library (Expansion)
• Hairston Crossing Library (Expansion)
• Northeast Plaza Library (New)
• Northlake-Barbara Loar Library (Expansion)
• Salem-Panola Library (Expansion)
• Scott Candler Library (Replacement)
• Stonecrest Library (New)
• Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library (Replacement)
• Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library (Replacement)

Map of Branches

Click on map to display branch information.

List of Branches by Size

Main Library

Decatur, with five floors and 53,000 square feet of floor space, is DCPL's main branch. Decatur has the most resources, particularly in the areas of reference and adult non-fiction. Decatur offers the most hours, including year-round on Sundays.

The Decatur Library offers the highest level of reference assistance and services. The collection contains materials of the broadest variety in the system. Decatur Library has two reference librarians available at all times, providing general assistance, instruction, ready reference, and telephone reference.

• Decatur

Area Libraries

Area libraries are the largest branches (18,000 to 21,500 square feet) and are located strategically in each quadrant of the county. They have large meeting rooms and reference collections. Chamblee and Wesley Chapel-Brown are open on Sundays.

Reference collections in area libraries are supportive of the service roles of the specific collections: Dunwoody - fine arts, Redan-Trotti - literature, Wesley Chapel-Brown - African American materials and small business, and Chamblee - small business and multicultural materials. The collections are complemented by special programs. Area libraries have a reference librarian available to provide general assistance, instruction, ready reference, and telephone reference.

1. Dunwoody
2. Chamblee
3. Redan-Trotti
4. Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown

Community Libraries

Community libraries are designed to serve the needs of their immediate communities. These 6,000 to 12,000 square feet branches have meeting rooms and collections large enough to cover most subjects.

Community libraries offer strong circulating collections of material, complemented by special programs. The reference collections at community libraries are selective but well-balanced. Staff are able to provide general assistance, instruction, ready reference and some telephone help. Telephone reference questions might be referred to an area library.

1. Brookhaven
2. Covington
3. Scott Candler
4. Tucker-Reid H. Cofer
5. Clarkston
6. Doraville
7. Flat Shoals
8. Gresham
9. Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg
10. Lithonia-Davidson
11. Northlake-Barbara Loar
12. Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams

Neighborhood Libraries

Neighborhood Libraries have small collections of popular adult and juvenile materials. These 4,000 square feet branches all have the same distinctive floor plan with its curved split block wall. Neighborhood branches are open 20 or 32 hours per week and do not have meeting rooms.

Collections at neighborhod libraries contain circulating popular fiction and non-fiction titles. Some neighborhood libraries offer special programs. The reference collections at neighborhood libraries are small and basic, including an almanac, encyclopedia and some directories. Staff are able to provide general assistance and instruction.

1. Briarcliff
2. Embry Hills
3. Hairston Crossing
4. Salem-Panola

Homework Center

A Homework Center is designed to serve the after-school needs of elementary school children in their immediate neighborhood. A Homework Center provides a small collection of basic reference materials, and a small circulating collection of juvenile fiction and non-fiction. Staff are available to provide general homework assistance and reference help.

• Scottdale-Tobie Grant

Outreach Collection

The Outreach Collection is DCPL's collection of large print books.

• Outreach Collection