Library News

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!

Check out the July/August 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.

It's the final month of our Summer Reading Challenge! Need a little reading inspiration? Read on for three new staff picks.

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

GALILEO will replace HeritageQuest with a new home access genealogy resource later this summer.

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.

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!