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Each lower school class visits the library once every week for library skills including: book care, locating books in library, and using the electronic catalogue, as well as story time with introductions to different genres, authors/illustrators and book types. Students in the UT3/4 classes are introduced to beginning research skills. Librarian Gretchen Schroeder teaches a research methods class to 6th and 7th grades which includes introduction to MLA report format, locating information and research process and organization through use of the Big6 Framework. Upper School students use the library in conjunction with their core subject classes, continuing development of research skills and techniques.

Additionally, all Middle and Upper School students have access to the library during free time from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for recreational book selection, reading, study, or research. The library is also the coordination/resource center for Woodlynde's students who are participants in a program in conjunction with Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D). Resources are available to families with information about the program, coordination of in-school equipment use, and arrangements for the recording of textbooks and reading materials required for the curriculum.

The library currently has approximately 12,000 volumes in its collection, including a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books, and books on tape that compliment the school’s curriculum. The library research program employs computer based writing and research skills, and an array of online databases and sources to support class reading and research are also available.

Additionally, the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) assists students in locating information in the more than 10,000 items owned by the Woodlynde School Library.