Getting a Library Card
There is no charge for a Greensboro Public Library card. To apply for one, visit a City library branch and show a photo ID with your current address or a photo ID and something that has your current address such as a checkbook or piece of mail.
Children 17 and younger must have a parent or guardian sign for their library card.
Residents from surrounding counties are eligible for a library card.
There is no charge for a Greensboro Public Library card. To apply for one, visit a City library branch and show a photo ID with your current address or a photo ID and something that has your current address such as a checkbook or piece of mail.
Children 17 and younger must have a parent or guardian sign for their library card.
Residents from surrounding counties are eligible for a library card.
Central Library
219 N. Church St.; Phone: 336-373-2471 Website Central Library customers have access to more than 100 computers, including a computer lab with 12 workstations and free computer training. Special collections include the North Carolina Collection and Business Advantage. Large meeting spaces and tutoring rooms are available. |
Blanche S. Benjamin Branch Library
1530 Benjamin Parkway; Phone: 336-373-7540 | Website Benjamin Branch Library is located in the Guilford Hills neighborhood across from General Greene Elementary School. This branch offers a broad range of children's programming, access to computers, and meeting space with seating for 40 people. |
Glenn McNairy Branch Library
4860 Lake Jeanette Rd; Phone: 336-373-2015 | Website The Glenn McNairy Library is located near Lake Jeanette and adjacent to Greensboro Fire Station 43. The branch offers children, teens, and adults an innovative technological experience. Children can experience interactive educational games and teens and adults have access to portable digital media |
Glenwood Branch Library
1901 W. Florida St.; Phone: 336-297-5000 | Website Glenwood Library is home to the Greensboro Neighborhood Information Center and the Multicultural Resource Center. Here you will find the Library's foreign language learning collection as well as materials in at least nine different languages. Glenwood offers extensive programs and services for speakers of other languages who are learning English, including tutoring, conversation clubs, and software in a specialized English as a Second Language computer lab. |
Hemphill Branch Library
2301 W. Vandalia Rd.; Phone: 336-373-2925 | Website The Hemphill Branch Library is an innovative combination of art gallery and public library. You will find all the traditional services you expect from your neighborhood library plus art exhibits and the ArtQuest studio. Other features include a reading garden, family room, and special tree house in the children's room. |
Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch
1420 Price Park Rd.; Phone: 336-373-2923 | Website This library is located in the 98-acre Price Park, which includes a bird and butterfly meadow, reading garden, walking trails, ponds and wetlands. In addition to popular collections, this branch has an extensive collection of nature, gardening, and environmental resources for children and adults. |
McGirt-Horton Branch Library
2501 Phillips Ave.; Phone: 336-373-5810 | Website At the McGirt-Horton Branch, there are two covered exterior spaces accessed from inside the library, one for teens and the other for adults and children. The branch offers more than 30 public computers and a Special Collections area, which includes the African American Collection. The children’s area contains special interactive features that encourage discovery and literacy. One wing of the building is designed for teens and includes a video lounge area, sound booth, and multimedia lab. |
Vance H. Chavis Lifelong Learning Branch Library
900 S. Benbow Rd.; Phone: 336-373-5838 | Website This branch is home to Greensboro Public Library's first computer lab where you will find specialty classes for seniors and teens. Chavis also houses an extensive African-American collection of both fiction and nonfiction. |