Library News

All locations will be closed Thursday, June 19 in honor of the Juneteenth holiday.

Get ready for a colorful summer full of adventure, reading, and prizes! Sign up for our Summer Reading Challenge today.

We’re turning 100 in 2025, and you’re invited to join the party by taking the 100 Years, 100 Books Reading Challenge!

DeKalb County Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a finance committee meeting at 4:00 p.m., followed by a regular meeting at 4:30 p.m.

We've moved to a new service to send checkout receipts, hold notifications, and overdue notices to patrons via text message.

The Doraville Library is currently closed. It will reopen this summer in a temporary location while construction of a new facility takes place.

Get a sneak peek at our June Adult and Children's Calendars of Events before they reach our branches!

Summer is here, and so are the books our staff can’t stop raving about. Every minute you spend reading counts toward the Summer Reading Challenge (have you signed up yet?).

Our self-checkout stations are temporarily unavailable as we prepare to install new, upgraded stations.

Looking for your next great read? Need to fill some spots in the 100 Years, 100 Books Reading Challenge? May's staff picks are here!

We’re excited to announce a new addition to our lineup of online resources—the electronic edition of the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Looking for your next great read? Need to fill some spots in the 100 Years, 100 Books Reading Challenge? April’s staff picks are here!

Your New York Times access just got upgraded! DeKalb County Library patrons now have access to everything The New York Times has to offer, including News, Games, Cooking, Wirecutter and The Athletic.

Check out the March/April 2025 issue of The Jubilee Reader, a reading guide containing recent books by African American writers, writers from the African diaspora, and on related topics.

Looking for your next great read? Need to fill some spots in the 100 Years, 100 Books Reading Challenge? March’s staff picks are here!

Looking for your next great read? Need to fill some spots in the 100 Years, 100 Books Reading Challenge? February’s staff picks are here!