Dare County Library Summer Reading Program Registration starts the week of July 6th. For details about the program and how to register, click here.

Starting Monday, May 18, 2020 - By appointment, no contact, curbside pick up of your available hold requests at each library ! 

Call Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or use the Online Catalog anytime, to place your requests. When they are available, library staff will call you to schedule an appointment so you can pick up your items at the library, using our no contact, curbside pick up. If you have items to return, the book drop in front of your library is now available to use, as well as the book drops in Southern Shores, Nags Head and Rodanthe. Please, no donated items at this time.

To learn how to place a hold request using our Online Catalog, click Here.

To find available items in your library to request, click this tip Here.

The Dare County Library locations are closed to the public until further notice.

As of June 4, 2020, Dare County Library book drops are now available, except for the book drop at the Fessenden Center. Please return your checked out books once you are done with them to the book drop at your library or the remote book drop located in Southern Shores, Nags Head or Rodanthe.

We ask that no one bring or leave “donations” of personal used books at this time.

If you have library materials out, NO OVERDUE FINES will be charged while we are closed. We automatically updated the due date of everything checked out since March 1st with a June 10th book return date. For customers who checked out books before March 1st, we will contact you to remind you of items you still have out.

Following CDC guidance, items that are returned must be handled carefully, since COVID-19 may live on plastic for up to 72 hours. A majority of our books are covered in mylar jackets, as well as plastic DVD and Book on CD cases. Therefore, even if you return an item in a book drop, they may still remain on your library account for several days before they are checked in by library staff.

Again, NO overdue fines will be charged on any items returned during the weeks we are closed. We thank you for your patience and cooperation during this unusual time.

If you have any questions, you can call the library during weekday hours. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you all in person again!

Our Virtual Library never closes!

To learn more about our digital offerings such as eBooks, eAudiobooks, Digital Magazines, and non-credit online courses that you can get from home 24/7 using your internet device, please visit www.darenc.com/VirtualLibrary

Click here for a Virtual Library Guide that contains links to our online eResources.

Click here to visit our Dare County Library e-Guide website that includes our online eResources, plus other free online resources and local community information in response to the COVID-19 virus closure.

Click here to visit our Dare County Library Stay At Home e-Guide website that has interesting ways to spend your time at home during this COVID-19 virus closure. Learn something new, have fun visiting author web pages, do a puzzle, see a tutorial about using your iPad, Kindle, or CloudLibrary eBooks.  

WebLinks

In addition, under our Regional library homepage WebLinks you will find a wide variety of recommended websites available free. WebLinks Categories are arranged alphabetically. For example, under Kids’ Space, there are links to Khan Academy, Scholastic Learn at Home, Cool Math 4 Kids and many others. Other WebLinks categories that may be of interest include eResources (that includes Project Gutenberg eBooks), Education, Parents Corner and Teen Space. Visit www.youseemore.com/EARL/readyref.asp

Need Assistance?

Unsure how to use our online resources?

You need a Dare County Library card and a PIN (Personal Identification Number) to access many of our eResources.   If you already have a library card, but not a PIN, please call the library during weekday hours (until further notice) and we can set you up with a PIN.

Don't have a Dare County Library card?

You can easily sign up for one from home. Visit: 

https://www.darenc.com/departments/libraries/children-s-services/students

This site is usually reserved for students only, but during the remainder of our COVID-19 closure, Dare County Residents and Property Owners of all ages can apply for a card from home. During weekday hours staff will turn your application around quickly and email you your library barcode as well as your PIN (Personal Identification Number) so you can gain access to these resources.

Call any of the Dare County Libraries weekdays during daytime hours. A staff person will be happy to set up your account and tell you more about our digital resources.

Manteo 473-2372      Hatteras 986-2385     Kill Devil Hills 441-4331

Library Enrichment Series programs have been canceled until further notice.

Click on a link below to view or print our calendars highlighting Children's Programs.

Quicklinks

• Printable Children's Program APR Calendar
• Search Our Catalog

NEW THIS MONTH AT THE HATTERAS LIBRARY

Check out our display called "Take a Staycation". It features. Something for everyone to do on the Outer Banks, plus books about the Outer Banks to check out. Enjoy!

COMING TO OUR SHELVES IN JULY 2020!

7/7    Muzzled by David Rosenfelt

7/7    Outsider: a Kate Burkholder  novel  by Linda Castillo

7/14 The Order by Daniel Silva

7/14  A Walk Along the Beach by Debbie Macomber

7/14 The Revelators by Ace Atkins

7/14 What You Wish For by Katherine Center

7/21 The Woman Before Wallis: a Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal by Bryn Turnbull

7/21 Half Moon Bay by Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman

7/21 The Vacation by T. M. Logan

7/28 His & Hers by Alice Feeney

7/28 The End of Her by Shari Lapena

7/28 Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey

7/28 Unspeakable Acts by Sarah Weinman

7/28 Playing Nice by J. P. Delaney

7/28 The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis

7/28 Crossing by Alex Landragin

COMING TO OUR SHELVES IN JUNE 2020!

6/2    Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

6/2    The Persuasion by Iris Johansen

6/2   Bombshell by Stuart Woods

6/9   Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars. by Joyce Carol Oates

6/9   Stranger in the Lake: A Novel by Kimberly Belle

6/9   Daddy’s Girls by Danielle Steel

6/16 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand

6/16 Seven Lies by Elizabeth Kay

6/16 Lies, Lies, Lies: A Novel by Adele Parks

6/23 The Hollow Ones by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

6/23 A Woman Alone by Nina Laurin

6/30 Near Dark by Brad Thor

6/30 The Black Swan of Paris: A Novel by Karen Robards

COMING TO OUR SHELVES IN MAY 2020!

5/5    Someone Like You by Karen Kingsbury

 5/5    Hello Summer by Mary Kay Andrews

5/12   The Goodbye Man by Jeffrey Deaver

5/19   Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

5/19   The Lion's Den by Katherine St.. John

5/19  The Nemesis Manifesto by Eric Van Lustbader

5/19   A Week at the Shore by Barbara Delinsky

5/26   Fair Warning by Michael Connelly

5/26  Girls of Summer by Nancy Thayer

5/26  Wrath of Poseidon by Clive Cussler

5/26  Hideaway by Nora Roberts

5/26  The Lion's Den by Barbara Taylor Bradford

4/7   Something She’s Not Telling Us by Darcy Bell

4/7   Broken by Don Winslow

4/7   The German Heiress by Anika Scott

4/7   You and Me and Us by Alison Hammer

4/7   Afterlife: A Novel by Julia Alvarez

4/14  Savage Son by Jack Carr

4/21  Walk the Wire by David Baldacci

4/21  Dead Land by Sara Paretsky

4/21  Masked Prey by John Sandford

HATTERAS LIBRARY AT A GLANCE

Items in collection: 13,577
Internet computers: 4
Children’s computers: 1
Services Available:

• WiFi
• Copier (B&W)
• Fax Service
• Local history and genealogy collection
• Weekly preschool programs
• Summer Reading program

Services Delivered in FY 2018-2019

Items Borrowed: 16,165
Reference  Assistance: 1,062
Holds Placed: 2,744
Computer Sessions: 1,229
WiFi Sessions: 1,339
Door Count: 10,979

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