Library

The library supports the University’s mission by collecting, preserving, and providing access to information resources that support teaching and learning in the context of Woodbury’s academic programs. Within the library collections, resources for research and inspiration are discipline-focused as well as transdisciplinary. Those resources include approximately 340,000 print-based and electronic books, 5,900 films (streaming and DVD), 267 print journals, and 117,000 digital journals/magazines. Access to the library’s online catalog and digital resources is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The library utilizes wide-ranging borrowing agreements such as inter-library loan in order to provide access to materials held by other institutions.

The library’s physical spaces provide access to collections that encourage creativity and exploration in a technologically and aesthetically inviting environment. Comfortable lounge-type seating is arranged throughout the facility, which also features wireless access to the internet. In addition to 5 Windows workstations and 4 Mac workstations that are networked to printers and always available to students, the library electronic classroom houses an additional 16 desktop computer workstations in a lab setting, which are available for student use whenever the space is not reserved for classes.

Research assistance—ranging from quick answers to simple questions to in-depth research consultations with librarians—is readily available. Simply ask for assistance at any of the on-site service desks, or use online chat or email-based reference services accessible via the library website (https://library.woodbury.edu).

The library provides a dynamic instruction program to support students in locating, evaluating, and using information ethically and effectively. As a part of this instruction program, librarians teach 1-unit courses that satisfy the University’s information literacy requirement for graduation.

The Woodbury ID card serves as a library card for borrowing library materials.

Library hours of operation vary throughout the year to accommodate the academic cycle. Current hours and ways to contact the library are posted on the library website (https://library.woodbury.edu).